English-French translations for devastate

dévasterSi nous ne prenons pas de telles mesures, un «tsunami» chinois va dévaster l’industrie européenne. If we do not undertake such measures, a Chinese ‘tsunami’ will devastate industry in Europe. L’Espagne a été le premier champ de bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en devenant un banc d’essai pour la future guerre qui allait dévaster l’Europe. Spain was the first great battle of the Second World War, the test bench for a war to come that would devastate Europe. Simultanément, les flammes continuaient à dévaster les circonscriptions d’Aveiro, de Bragança, de Guarda, de Leiria, de Santarém et de Viseu. At the same time, flames continued to devastate the districts of Aveiro, Bragança, Guarda, Leiria, Santarém and Viseu.
anéantirNous estimons qu'une guerre dans un pays ne peut anéantir l'avenir de sa population. To us, it is important that a war in a country does not devastate its people's future.

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains and starting over

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