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Discover Ludwig"devastating by" is not a grammatically correct phrase
It is possible that someone may use it in spoken English as a colloquialism, but it is not considered standard or formal usage. If you are trying to describe something being devastated or destroyed by something else, a more correct phrasing would be "devastated by" or "destroyed by." For example: "The town was devastated by the hurricane" or "The house was destroyed by fire."
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The cuts were described as "potentially devastating" by Labour in a parliamentary debate this week.
But the damage suffered at this western end of the Rust Belt was already devastating by the time Obama reached Washington.
The Egyptian court now faces accusations that its decision was politically motivated, after the three defendants arrived confident of their innocence today and left with a decision described as "devastating" by their families.
The review - described as "devastating" by the head of the Met Police in the London Evening Standard - has prompted a public inquiry into undercover policing.
The result across Russia and Eastern Europe was devastating; by the late 1990s there were an estimated 160,000 homeless children living on the streets of Ukraine, leaving them increasingly vulnerable to sex work, drug addiction and HIV.
That summer, he saw fast bowler Michael Holding take 14 wickets in the 1976 Oval Test match, a performance of pace bowling referred to as "devastating" by cricket writer Norman Preston, which made a lasting impression on Agnew.
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"In fact, I'm devastated by it.
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I was devastated by Gene Wilder's death.
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