Sentence examples for it would devastate from inspiring English sources

In its course, it would devastate the remaining imperial possessions, and create a deep rift in Byzantine society: the aristocracy and the propertied classes generally supported Kantakouzenos, while the lower and middle classes, primarily urban, as well as the merchants and sailors, supported Apokaukos and the regency.

In February, best-selling Scottish crime writer Tony Black had urged the authority to reconsider its library closure plans as he said it would "devastate" the local community.

The devastation area of a building is the area it would devastate if it fell.

Second, it would devastate charitable giving.

It would devastate the city's budget".

It would devastate school districts in the state.

Liberal critics of Fix the Debt believe the policies it supports would devastate non-rich people without addressing the underlying causes of the debt.

It said the airport "would devastate an area of global environmental significance" and the infrastructure needed would "cut great swathes off the green belt".

It says such a change would devastate the nation's farms, a plea that has resonated in the wider public.

Barring rafters from a stretch of river merely because it flows through private property would devastate the rafting industry, said Duke Bradford, a past chairman of the group.

That would devastate employment.