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Discover LudwigThe phrase "already devastating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or event that has already caused significant harm or distress before a certain point in time.
Example: "The storm had already devastating effects on the coastal communities, leaving many without homes."
Alternatives: "already catastrophic" or "already destructive".
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In light of the cuts already devastating families in this country, experts have warned about the impact of continual austerity on children's mental wellbeing.
But the damage suffered at this western end of the Rust Belt was already devastating by the time Obama reached Washington.
When we met for Warrior back in 2011, he was about to head to Australia to shoot Mad Max: Fury Road and having to leave his child for months was already devastating him.
During his month-long trial at the Old Bailey, her killer did all he could to blame, discredit and misrepresent her, making an already devastating situation for her family and friends much worse.
But the anecdotal evidence of a major crisis is already devastating, with villagers forced to watch crops shrivel, walk hours each day to collect water, risk dehydration, and even interrupt their education.
The ruble's collapse will tighten an already devastating vise.
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That decline has already devastated the stock market.
"I was already devastated that I was pregnant," Cameron said.
American families, too many already devastated by the meth epidemic, deserve no less.
Both promised that treatments were futile: Muñoz's fetus was already devastated by the extended deprivation of oxygen.
The new warning is a fresh blow to Egypt's tourism industry, already devastated from the past two years of political uncertainty.
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