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The phrase "a devastating affliction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a severe or harmful condition, often in a medical or emotional context.
Example: "The community rallied together to support those suffering from a devastating affliction that had swept through the region."
Alternatives: "a crippling condition" or "a severe ailment".
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Rinderpest was a devastating affliction of livestock and wildlife, and for centuries it was a major threat to food production for societies that depended heavily on livestock.
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Yet, through my work studying isolation and listening to the people who know it most intimately, I am convinced that this devastating affliction is both treatable and preventable.
IT IS a devastating prospect.
Then a devastating tsunami followed.
It was a devastating dismissal.
It was a devastating presentation.
This was a devastating shock.
This was a devastating blow.
It was a devastating blow.
A devastating force.
The prosecutors presented a devastating case.
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