Besides, in 1940 the older generation had lived through a recent, devastating war.

We brought a quick end to a devastating war and maintained the peace, and eventually saw democracy prevail.

If we are ever to make a successful end of this devastating war, we certainly cannot afford to relax our hold at such a moment on the legislative machinery.

This new music from the new world fitted the zeitgeist perfectly as, subconsciously or consciously, people repressed their memories of the old, and the devastating war it had concocted.

Unlike many other settlements in the region, it was not razed, but after ten years of devastating war, only 150 houses were still standing.