devastating impact

collocation in English

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devastating
adjective
uk
/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
causing a lot of damage ...
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˈɪm.pækt/us
/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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The first two chapters review thedevastatingimpactof these pests, and the diseases they spread, on humans, livestock and crops.
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Even a one-month internment during spring planting or the autumn harvest could have adevastatingimpacton that farm's yield for the year.
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Despite thedevastatingimpactof bipolar disorder on millions worldwide, little is known about underlying etiology and neurobiology.
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Of course, if industrial change had involved a simple linear transition from family workshop to factory this process could have had adevastatingimpactacross the board.
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The sudden anddevastatingimpactof an urban fire could provide pause for thought and reflection about what past laxity had incurred divine wrath and needed to be rectified.
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As we move toward the creation of a networked health information environment, the potential of privacy intrusions increases, with potentiallydevastatingimpacton quality and access to healthcare.
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Eva's subsequent inability to cope with life surfaced following his death, suggesting that his loss had adevastatingimpacton her, perhaps triggering a full mental breakdown.
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Investment in this area will have adevastatingimpactand will restore confidence where it is most needed.
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Thedevastatingimpactof such crime is not always fully appreciated.
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An interim order—it may well be interim—has adevastatingimpacton the family and on all concerned.
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That would have adevastatingimpacton those small businesses.
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The extra price has adevastatingimpacton the economies of island communities.
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This uncertainty is having adevastatingimpacton rural communities throughout the country.
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There are occasions—mercifully rare—of suchdevastatingimpactthat for the rest of our lives we remember their horror and our feelings.
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However, an arbitrary decision of the regulatory authority could lead to adevastatingimpacton a business.
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People are literally living on top of land mines and that can have adevastatingimpacttheir lives.
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The policies that have promoted the car have a direct and materiallydevastatingimpacton people in rural areas.
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The all-party group feels strongly about thedevastatingimpactthat rheumatoid arthritis has on the individuals concerned and their families, young and old alike.
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As the county council said, that would have adevastatingimpacton the area.
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The world’s last ancient forests are being lost at a rate of more than 13 million hectares a year withdevastatingimpact.
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