estrago
= ravages, decimation.
Ex: Problems faced maybe entirely new ones, such as protecting the library's stock from the ravages of climate or of insects.
Ex: Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
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* causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.
* estragos = destruction.
* hacer estragos = lay + waste to, create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
* hacer estragos en = play + havoc with.
* ocasionar estragos = wreak + havoc.
* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.