Synonym: annihilating, annihilative, crushing, withering. Similar words: statistics, statistical, rating, operating, creating, fascinating, concentrating, electroplating. Meaning: [devəsteɪtɪŋ] adj. 1. making light of 2. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction 3. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination.
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(61) The speech was a devastating critique of Reagan's economic policy.
(62) We tend to focus on nuclear but chemical and biological weapons, while not as devastating, would be plenty bad.
(63) The illustration shows the devastating effect on the marble produced by structural movement and the ingress of acid rain.
(64) The potentially devastating impact of the decimation of many anti-poverty programs on recipients and on their children is explored.
(65) You, then, should neutralize the Rita yourself -- with the most devastating weapon in your arsenal: pity.
(66) This is so devastating that you almost expect something initially.
(67) Mr. Kinnock For 2.6 million of our fellow citizens the unemployment figures are not disappointing - they are absolutely devastating.sentencedict .com
(68) 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
(69) Shaking a little at first but gradually warming to his theme, the sacked Chancellor dealt John Major a devastating blow.
(70) But what you might encounter now is a club that has suffered not a devastating loss, but a jarring comeuppance.
(71) The result is a devastating detonation that completely destroys the rocket.
(72) Nothing can be more devastating to a fighter than to be caught by his opponent midway between one stance and another.
(73) Then Meyer burst clear nine-and-a-half laps from home, dragging Tulu with her and cutting McColgan adrift in devastating fashion.
(74) We also know that impacts very much larger than a gigaton are possible, with devastating consequences.
(75) The devastating thing about him is that he has those darkly glowing brown eyes like yours.
(76) Bills of this size will have a devastating impact on families still struggling to fight their way out of the recession.
(77) All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, 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
(78) Men's fear of the uterus and menstruation may be problematic but more devastating by far are women's own negative attitudes.
(79) For that reason, modern nation-states are free to unleash devastating reprisals against their captive nations who attempt liberation.
(80) Another picture, a pen and pencil drawing, is a more devastating exposure still.
(81) The emotionally devastating effects of non-accidental injury, especially to children, has been receiving dramatic mass media coverage recently.
(82) He was ruthless, holding her so close that she could hardly breathe, and his kiss was devastating.
(83) Does he agree that that policy would have a devastating impact on people who live in the country areas of Teignbridge?
(84) Some of the means used by the military to explain mechanical procedures are devastating in their banal degradation.
(85) Thus the process of anchoring scientifically originated notions may not have such a devastating effect upon traditional beliefs.
(86) But homelessness has to be one of the most devastating experiences for a child.
(87) Its implementation, he says, could be devastating to the city.
(88) Take a mountain climber, a Grand Prix racing-driver or a person conquering a devastating handicap.
(89) Torture and other forms of trauma often result in devastating long-term psychological effects.
(90) Yet the environmental consequences of unchecked population growth will be devastating.
More similar words: statistics, statistical, rating, operating, creating, fascinating, concentrating, electroplating, vast, state, evaluation, status, estate, statue, pasta, statute, a stage, coastal, developing, statement, cast aside, at a time, not in the least, Latin, limitation, invitation, voting, orientation, setting, hunting.