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devastating
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As an adjective, devastating means causing devastation.
Meanings of devastating
4 meaningsadjective
Causing devastation
Making light of
“afire with annihilating invective”
“a devastating portrait of human folly”
“to compliments inflated I've a withering reply”
Similar: annihilating, witheringWreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
“possessing annihilative power”
“a devastating hurricane”
“the guns opened a withering fire”
Similar: annihilative, annihilating, witheringPhysically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
“a crushing blow”
“a crushing rejection”
“bone-crushing”
Similar: crushing
verb
Present participle of devastate
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: making light of
adjective: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
adjective: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in comb…
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