"There was a devastating toll.
They took a devastating toll on local wildlife and killed 173 people.
Greece staring default in the face, austerity takes a devastating toll, and euro leaders bicker.
"Opioid abuse and addiction have taken a devastating toll on American families.
Erratic weather, which has brought floods and drought, and rising food prices are taking a devastating toll on east Africa.
Decades of civil war and the ferocious destructive instincts of the Khmer Rouge, however, have taken a devastating toll.
His internal critique became increasingly adamant after 1991, when the loss of the Soviet Union's financial support began taking a devastating toll on the country's economy.
The Toll By 2007, with a fertilizer plant at Bayji, Iraq, back up and running, fertilizer-based explosives started taking a devastating toll on coalition forces.
PAGE A8 AIDS and Africa's Teachers In Ivory Coast and elsewhere in Africa, where many educational systems are already troubled, AIDS has had a devastating toll on teachers.
For the first time in history they were delivered to populated areas, far behind the front lines, on a massive scale, with a devastating toll on civilian populations.
