The phrase "a devastating memory" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a memory that is emotionally painful or traumatic.
Example: "The loss of her childhood home remained a devastating memory that haunted her for years."
Alternatives: "a painful recollection" or "a traumatic experience."
10. Second chance: Bride gets a wedding re-do after suffering devastating memory loss Just hours after Amanda and Cody Karth became husband and wife, the bride suffered an unusual medical condition referred to as Broken Heart Syndrome (where the heart muscle suddenly becomes dysfunctional).
Marianne Gingrich's most devastating memory is that the day after his request, Mr. Gingrich gave a speech entitled, "The Demise of American Culture".
Mr. Sayles makes the impact of this brutality much more forceful by never depicting it directly, instead letting it drift through the film as devastating memory.
Before a trial, though, the scientists said that a brain imaging study would be crucial to confirm that the same faulty signal that the drugs target in mice is responsible for neurodegeneration and the devastating memory loss it causes in Alzheimer's.
Now, two studies show how the two interact, providing fresh clues to the origins of the devastating memory loss caused by the disease.
Between chapters, the writer, with a gallows humor, inserts his own devastating memories of a family wiped out by the Holocaust.
And then there are the devastating memories of when your clothes turned traitor on you, exposing you in your ignorance or incompetence.
In many animals, including humans, sleep deprivation has a devastating effect on memory, particularly for recently acquired skills.
To others, they represent an insult to veteran school officials, a devastating loss of institutional memory and a corporate-style takeover of the public school system.
