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Reread this excerpt from Patient Zero, and follow the prompt below. "Snow was sent to the mining town of Killingworth, where the first of the great cholera epidemics of the 19th century was DEVASTATING the population. There, he struggled for weeks to help the sick and dying, seeing firsthand the terrible conditions in which the miners were forced to work." Select a phrase that helps the reader determine the meaning of devastating in this excerpt.
A. Struggled for weeks
B. Sick and dying
C. Seeing firsthand
D. Terrible conditions