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Sentence count:168+11Posted:2016-07-22Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: annihilatingannihilativecrushingwitheringSimilar words: statisticsstatisticalratingoperatingcreatingfascinatingconcentratingelectroplatingMeaning: [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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(91) They are heading off to bed early when conscience-stricken Jackie comes out with the devastating revelation.
(92) But a much smaller rise could be devastating for many coastal areas and islands.
(93) The effect was devastating, seriously weakening Mrs Thatcher's hold on the premiership and making a leadership contest virtually inevitable.
(94) The devastating air bombardment of the last four weeks is only the latest of a series of assaults by foreign armies.
(95) That would be a devastating blow to the long-term unemployed.
(96) The effects of the artillery bombardment and the air strikes had been devastating.
(97) That was a devastating blow from which the constituency is struggling to recover.
(98) Confessions made during this period are admissible and often devastating.
(99) But when she did apply the accelerator the results were simply devastating.
(100) Such a decline in forecasts of demand inevitably has a devastating impact on the need for new generating capacity.
(101) They are severe and have a devastating effect on his personality,(Sentencedict) his physical well-being and his mental state.
(102) But he says the payout can't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life.
(103) Meanwhile, Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week's devastating floods.
(104) Her loss is a devastating blow to the standing of the monarchy.
(105) Spiritual disabilities are devastating, while physical disabilities are not.
(106) The oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans is the causal agent of potato late blight, one of the most devastating diseases of potato worldwide.
(107) In "The Intellectual Beast Is Dangerous", Brecht asserts: "A beast is something strong, terrible, devastating; the word emits a barbarous sound."
(108) Bats eat a midge called Culicoides, which carries bluetongue, a devastating livestock disease that is moving northwards in Europe as a result of climate change.
(109) Cities draw people away from subsistence farming, which is ecologically devastating, and they defuse the population bomb.
(110) Anxiety stems from fears of exposure to crude oil and clean-up chemicals as well as the devastating economic and environmental effects on the local community.
(111) Foot - and - mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious and devastating disease that affects all species of cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, pigs, and sheep.
(112) But when an Ohio fertility clinic broke the news to her that an IVF treatment had been successful it came with the devastating revelation of the mix-up.
(113) Scientists at Cornell University recently borrowed a gene from a South American potato to make potatoes that resisted the late blight fungus, a devastating disease that caused the Irish potato famine.
(114) Wearing brigandine armour, and armed with a lance and sword, this unit is capable of devastating charges.
(115) It is the only recognized OTC treatment for improving the appearance of disfiguring and emotionally devastating pigmentary skin conditions.
(116) Jealousy can be devastating to a relationship—and it is well known that the genders experience the green-eyed monster in different ways.
(117) But Redknapp is well aware that his side could face another heavy defeat if they do not prevent Arsenal from playing their potentially devastating passing game.
(118) Some economists hold out hope the current oil-price surge won't be as devastating as some in the past.
(119) But in the early years of the century, the 3)boll weevil began 4)devastating the cotton farms in the south.
(120) Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a worldwide devastating disease of wheat, barley and other small grain cereals and caused primarily by Fusarium graminearum.
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