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devastating

[ UK /dˈɛvəstˌe‍ɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. making light of
    a devastating portrait of human folly
    afire with annihilating invective
    to compliments inflated I've a withering reply
  2. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
    a crushing blow
    a crushing rejection
    bone-crushing
  3. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
    possessing annihilative power
    the guns opened a withering fire
    a devastating hurricane

How To Use devastating In A Sentence

  • Although, reading about his devastating sex appeal might have also helped.
  • Lawrence survived a devastating accident at work with months of painful recovery in the hospital and at home.
  • His distraught wife Lesley had to break the devastating news to the children that their dad would not be coming home.
  • Annan says robust monitoring by international observers will be key to resolving the devastating conflict.
  • To lose him so young, so suddenly and in such a savage way is a devastating shock to our family.
  • The introduction of these foreign organisms can have a devastating impact on marine environments.
  • The emotionally devastating effects of non-accidental injury, especially to children, has been receiving dramatic mass media coverage recently.
  • He is a friend of the West, and that is what makes his criticisms, when they come, so much more devastating.
  • All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. Barack Obama 
  • The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated.
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