The phrase "a devastating amount of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quantity that has a severe or overwhelming impact, often in a negative context.
Example: "The hurricane caused a devastating amount of damage to the coastal towns, leaving many families homeless."
Alternatives: "an overwhelming amount of" or "a catastrophic amount of".
But it's still a devastating amount of warming: At 1.5 degrees of warming compared to 2 degrees of warming, 90percentt of coral reefs will bleach, as opposed to 98percentt.
In real dollar terms, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), this would mean a loss in benefits of about $90 a month, a devastating amount of money for millions of struggling families including 190,000 low-income families in New York City and nearly 300,000 throughout New York State.
These bombs will inflict a devastating amount of damage if detonated next to an enemy.
Used when you need to deliver a devastating amount of firepower and the enemy is very close.
Ken Griffey Jr. and Matt Williams -- two of the game's most popular, consistent and scandal-free stars -- suffered devastating injuries that removed them from the marquee for an equally devastating amount of time.
And even in those plans with reasonable limits, annual out-of-pocket costs can add up to a devastating amount if you are seriously ill for an extended period of time.
At the same time, I'm struck again and again by the sheer audacity of fraudsters and by the devastating amount of money investors lose.
3 50 p.m. | Updated Hurricane Irene's predicted track, and rainfall potential, have some similarity to those of Hurricane Floyd, which dumped devastating amounts of rain in the Northeast in 1999 after it weakened to tropical storm strength following landfall near Cape Fear, N.C.
They exposed cultures of E. coli to devastating amounts of ionizing radiation, isolated those that managed to survive, and repeated this process.
It is a potentially devastating amount, and its impact for us would be real and far-reaching.
Moreover, it continues to be a devastating complication of total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
