Devastate
Grab
Grab verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
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Britain (Entente) was looking for a convenient 'out' to dangerous levels of popular unrest at home and jumped at the chance to grab German colonies and German ships and devastate Germany's economy.
Source: This Means War!
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Grab and Devastate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devastate/grab
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