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DEVASTATING
annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering
(adjective) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; “possessing annihilative power”; “a devastating hurricane”; “the guns opened a withering fire”
crushing, devastating
(adjective) physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; “a crushing blow”; “a crushing rejection”; “bone-crushing”
annihilating, devastating, withering
(adjective) making light of; “afire with annihilating invective”; “a devastating portrait of human folly”; “to compliments inflated I’ve a withering reply”- W.S.Gilbert
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
devastating (comparative more devastating, superlative most devastating)
causing devastation
Verb
devastating
present participle of devastate
Source: Wiktionary
DEVASTATE
Dev"as*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] Etym: [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.]
Definition: To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.
Syn.
– To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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