devastating flood
collocatie in Engelsbetekenissen van devastating en flood
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devastating
adjective
uk
/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
causing a lot of damage ...
(Definitie van devastating en flood in de Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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The bridge stood until a devastating flood washed out the supports in 1998, carrying away the bridge.
The arboretum's beginnings can be traced to a devastating flood in 1940, with a variety of trees planted in the 1960s during restoration work.
In the mean time 1998, when country fall in a devastating flood this tiny area was also flooded at that time.
In the devastating flood of 1893 the river was said to be ten miles wide.
The devastating flood of 1943 caused immense suffering and lead to a mass movement for restoration/ repair of the embankments.
Then, without further warning he sent a devastating flood.
Improvements in flood protection following the devastating flood of 1953 meant that the catastrophic losses seen during that storm were not repeated.
An earlier devastating flood occurred on the river in 1868.
In the 1970s, the most devastating flood was the "kabahay" of 1978.
The fort was heavily damaged during the devastating flood in 1942.
An earlier equally devastating flood of the river took place in 1903.
During a devastating flood in 1998, most of the inventory was destroyed, and the company moved to a new location.
A devastating flood in 1916 caused damage and delays.
In 1940, a devastating flood washed away buildings and much of the evidence of what had gone on here before.
The most recent devastating flood and avalanche along this creek bed was a result of the 1970 earthquake.
Emergency repairs, together with rapid evacuation of storage water through the outlet tunnel, were effective in preventing complete failure and a devastating flood.
In 1974, a huge blow was dealt to the park when a devastating flood scoured much of the parkland.
Farmers began to see more frequent and devastating flood losses, and soon a legal battle erupted to stop hydraulic mining once and for all.
We are also providing £22 million additional assistance this year to assist recovery from the recent devastating floods.
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It is economically fragile because the global financial crisis and the devastating floods in the country have set back its development by several years.
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someone who seems to be a human form of disaster, encyclopedia, etc.
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