dévaster

De 1850 à 1855, ce mal affreux dévasta presque toutes leurs missions.
From 1850 to 1855, this terrible scourge devastated almost all their missions.
Le margrave Kasimir dévasta son propre pays.
Margrave Casimir devastated his own land.
L'ouragan Katrina dévasta la Nouvelle-Orléans.
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
celui qui dévasta alors la France s'appelait... Pablo !
Well, what shook the south of France that day... should've been called "Pablo."
Durant les cinq années qu’il a sévi, ce mal affreux dévasta presque toutes leurs missions.
During the five years that it ran rampant, this dreadful evil ravaged almost all their missions.
La Praça do Comércio, connue également sous le nom de Terreiro do Paço, fut le siège du Palais Royal jusqu’à ce qu’il soit détruit par le tremblement de terre qui dévasta Lisbonne.
The Praça do Comércio, also known as Terreiro do Paço, was the seat of the Royal Palace, until it was destroyed by the great earthquake which devastated Lisbon.
Depuis cette ville, fameuse ces dernières décennies par le tremblement de terre qui la dévasta en 1972 et par la révolution sandiniste de 1979, j'évoque les contenus du dernier Cahier de l'étape Patris Mei.
From this city, famous in recent decades by the earthquake that devastated it in 1972 and by the Sandinista revolution of 1979, I recall the contents of the last booklet of the Patris Mei stage.
Hormis le mal qu’elle fit aux enfants, la guerre dévasta aussi sérieusement le système de l’éducation.
Apart from the children, the war greatly devastated the education system.
Plusieurs séismes ont été enregistrés dans la région, dont celui de 1935 qui dévasta la région et fit plus de 30 000 morts.
There have been several quakes in recent times but the worst, historically, was in 1935 when the area was devastated and more than 30,000 inhabitants lost their lives.
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