Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with devastating in American Collocation
devastating
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈdevəˌsteɪtɪŋ/
absolutely
potentially
quite
The company sought to implement IT systems that would be immune to the potentially devastating consequences of hardware failure.
result
blow
consequences
effect
impact
The floods had a devastating impact on crops and food production.
event
attack
disease
earthquake
fire
flood
war
A devastating earthquake in the state of Gujarat killed more than 20,000 people.