The US, and the west in general, has now come under a devastating battering by one of its leading counter insurgency and counter terrorism advisers.
He thanked leaders who offered assistance to Americans who've suffered under those "devastating hurricanes".
Although the cold weather and the stubborn North Korean defenses prevented the UN forces from entering Wonju, the capture of Hill 247 had put all of Wonju within UN artillery range, and the village soon became a no man's land under the devastating bombardment.
Operating room fires are "never events" that remain an under-reported source of devastating complications.
Warfarin has a narrow therapeutic window and the hemorrhagic or thrombotic implications of over- or under-dosing can be devastating.
Christopher Anderson, the executive director of MaleSurvivor, said sexual abuse — basically nonconsensual touching or sexual language — is devastating under any circumstance, but coach and player often have a special relationship.
These are some of the words and phrases heard during the conference, the 98th annual meeting of the Association of National Advertisers: "financial crisis," "scary," "foreclosure," "economic crisis," "difficult times," "the chaotic financial markets," "devastating," "under siege" and "unprecedented".
Divorce can be financially devastating even under normal circumstances, let alone when you have a child with long-term costs that you hope to help pay throughout that child's life.
The snag could have been devastating because, under the rules negotiated in Kyoto, industrialised countries responsible for 55% of the emissions had to have their national parliaments ratify the convention before it could come into force.
Hatchlings' complaint, though, is essentially no different to that of countless users of e-mail, photo-sharing services and social networks, whether on Google or its behemoth rivals: "Help, I got locked out of my account and now I can't talk to a human!" Losing several years of archived e-mail can, under some circumstances, be devastating.
