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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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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