More than a year after a devastating war, little has been rebuilt.
The series is set many years after a devastating war, which killed 80% of the Earth's population.
This continued until the devastating wars of the mid-16th century.
Since the early 18th century, Iran has been involved in four devastating civil wars.
It seemed highly unlikely then that the rebels would win, but they finally did, after a devastating 30-year war.
Such a strike, they said, could lead to a devastating war between the two countries.
The novel is set several hundred years after a devastating nuclear war which has pushed back the level of technology.
The heightened risk of a devastating war - both countries have nuclear weapons - is easy to see.
He had led the Empire through that nearly devastating war.
They had suffered a devastating global war and were just recovering from it.