they were devastating
-dévastaient
Past progressive they conjugation of devastate.

devastate

Now if you think back on Tina Fey's impersonations on Saturday Night Live of the newly nominated vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, they were devastating.
En repensant aux imitations de Tina Fey dans Saturday’s Night Live de la candidate à la vice-présidence récemment nommée Sarah Palin, elles étaient foudroyantes.
Now if you think back on Tina Fey's impersonations on Saturday Night Live of the newly nominated vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, they were devastating.
En repensant aux imitations de Tina Fey dans Saturday ’ s Night Live de la candidate à la vice-présidence récemment nommée Sarah Palin, elles étaient foudroyantes.
Basel II is an extremely important issue, and we worked on it precisely so as to make amendments to the initial proposals, as they were devastating for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Bâle II est une question fondamentale et nous y avons travaillé précisément pour déposer des amendements aux propositions originales, car elles étaient désastreuses pour les petites et moyennes entreprises.
Australians wanted to kill off the emus in 1932 because they were devastating their crops.
Les Australiens voulaient éliminer les émeus en 1932 parce qu'ils dévastaient leurs récoltes.
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