Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 77 swathes 74 swath 64 swaths 62 wide swath 61 large swathes 55 vast swathes 48 large swaths 48 broad swath 47 vast swaths 46 wide swaths 43 vast tracts 41 expanse 41 expanses 40 hinterland 38 swatch 38 sent shockwaves 38 wasteland 38 heartlands 37 chunk 37 tracts 37 slice 36 rampaging 36 scythe 36 wreaked havoc 36 chunks 35 THOUSANDS 35 heartland 35 stretches 35 HUNDREDS 34 farmlands 34 plains 34 shreds 34 sparking fears 34 blighting 34 legions 34 sizeable chunk 34 rump 34 decimated 33 decimating 33 deluge 33 blanketed 33 pine forests 33 sliver 33 #ha [005] 33 savage 33 encompassing 33 sweeping 33 woodlands 32 hedgerows 32 vast 32 decimate 32 cull 32 ruthlessly 32 massively 32 slew 32 across 32 landmass 32 scrubland 32 shock waves 32 ravaged 32 portions 32 hordes 31 landholdings 31 thickets 31 clampdown 31 dollops 31 swatches 31 MASSIVE 31 denuded 31 rippled 31 £ 6bn 31 Widespread 31 array 31 spate 31 blazed trail 31 hugely 31 raft 31 fringes 31 ravage 31 coastal strip 31 frontline 31 swamping 31 snaking 31 hundreds 31 foretaste 31 rampaged 31 sparsely populated 31 vast quantities 31 leafy 30 savaged 30 torrent 30 horde 30 plethora 30 eastwards 30 mostly 30 moorland 30 sprawls 30 hitherto 30 staggeringly 30 heaps 30 swamped