But, though techniques tend to be of the Brutalist school, they are not without sophistication: "everyone says you're a dick, and they're right, you are," is as beautifully crafted a formulation as exists, and one employed to devastating degree by Craig Bellamy.
There's so much thought behind it, together with a pretty devastating degree of accuracy.
Scientist predict that if emissions continue to rise the world will experience devastating degrees of warming within several decades.
A number of scientists have disputed the results of the original calculations, and, though such a nuclear war would undoubtedly be devastating, the degree of damage to life on Earth remains controversial.
Austerity economics has been imposed across most of the Eurozone, to a greater or lesser degree, with devastating economic results: This is Europe's sixth consecutive quarter of economic contraction.
At 14: 28 pm (local time) on 12th May 2008, a devastating earthquake measuring 8.0 degree on the Richter scale struck the Wenchuan County, which is located in the center of Sichuan Province, China.
It's devastating to watch and, to a great degree, preventable".
Committee chairman Keith Vaz said: "The impact of the conduct of undercover officers on the women with whom they had relationships has been devastating, and it represents a wholly improper degree of intrusion by the state into the lives of individuals".
But this year's emergency, devastating as it has been, differs only by degree from past lean seasons.
The agency went on to caution that extreme cold, with temperatures of minus 18 degrees Celsius (just below zero Fahrenheit), could have "devastating" effects.
Stroke represents an often devastating disruption to life [ 3], the majority of survivors experiencing some degree of impairment requiring additional care or support 1 year post-stroke [ 4].
