to ravage; to ruin

(idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable

to break; to destroy; to devastate; to ravage; to repress

to collapse; to shatter

grieved; miserable

premature death of a budding talent; those whom the Gods love die young

no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle; nothing one can't do; to carry everything before one