德州官员称，大火几乎造成了灾难性破坏。

State officials say the damage borders on catastrophic.

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人们普遍认为，如果没有扎瓦赫里的影响，那场对世贸大厦和五角大楼造成灾难性破坏的袭击就不会发生。

And it's widely thought that the devastation caused at the World Trade Center and Pentagon couldn't have taken place without al-Zawahiri's influence.

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为了防止火灾给钢结构建筑造成灾难性破坏，确保人员、财产的安全，因此建筑标准规定用耐火涂层保护钢结构。

In steel-frame buildings, steel members should be protected by spraying fire-resistant coating so as to preventing from calamity of fire, insuring safety of life and wealth.

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