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View definitions for devastating

devastating

adjective as in causing devastation

adjective as in trenchant

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On the other hand, if you think about it, those basic industrial effects can be the most devastating.

The premise was simple: satire is devastating against tyrants.

Gopal, a journalist who covered the war, gives a devastating account of how the conflict was astoundingly mishandled.

The event was a devastating one for Sierra Leone, deemed a “super-spreader” by The New York Times.

Though devastating for the individual, this form is not that large a public health concern.

This may mean that up to May he had remained in command in the north, though keeping clear of Bruce's devastating track.

It was chosen as the seat of Elizabeth's parliament when the plague was devastating London.

The deadly coil has made possible the devastating spectacle in Europe, which we are helplessly looking on.

It was perhaps no greater power than many another woman possesses, but to me she was particularly devastating.

A still more devastating revelation of experience in child raising was yet to plague our confidence and complacency.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to devastating, such as: calamitous, destructive, disastrous, overwhelming, annihilating, and null.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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