The phrase "cause devastating effects" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that something has a significant and destructive impact on something else. This phrase is typically used to describe the negative consequences of an action or event. Example: The recent hurricane caused devastating effects on the coastal towns, destroying homes and businesses and leaving many people homeless.
An asteroid is set to fly past Earth on Christmas eve — and some are convinced that it could cause devastating effects on Earth.
Even some of the water-soluble B vitamins, commonly thought to be nontoxic in any amount because they are rapidly cleared from the body, are now known to cause devastating effects in megadose quantities.
Recurrent mood disorders in depressive episodes can cause devastating effects which are associated with high risk of self-harm and suicide.
Given that the monoamine systems are highly vulnerable to neurodevelopmental insults, damages in the habenula during early neurodevelopment may cause devastating effects on the wide-spread brain areas targeted by monoamine innervations.
Exaggerated expression of signaling components and pro-inflammatory cytokines may cause devastating effects on the host.
The results of this study suggest that the intestinal colonization with strains of S. epidermidis can cause devastating effects on certain organs such as kidney, liver, intestine, stomach and spleen which, depending on their severity, could be fatal.
It is mainly metabolized in the liver and causes devastating effects.
Katrina initially made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane in 2005, evolving to a Category 3 as it moved through the Gulf Coast and caused devastating effects in New Orleans.
Rose rosette disease is a disorder associated with infection by Rose rosette virus (RRV), a pathogen of roses that causes devastating effects on most garden cultivated varieties, and the wild invasive rose especially Rosa multiflora.
In the central mountain city of Puli, large ground shaking caused devastating effects in the center of the town, with many buildings either being seriously damaged or totally collapsed.
Understanding how an avian virus can become a pandemic virus that causes devastating effects on human health is critical.
