devastating
Meaning of devastating
- highly destructive or damaging.
a devastating cyclone
- destroy or ruin.
the city was devastated by a huge earthquake
- cause (someone) severe and overwhelming shock or grief.
she was devastated by the loss of Damian
mid 17th century: from Latin devastat- ‘laid waste’, from the verb devastare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + vastare ‘lay waste’.
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Hyphenation of devastating
dev-as-tat-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- devastating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
devastating synonyms
Meaning annihilating:
Meaning annihilative:
annihilative, annihilating, withering
Meaning crushing:
Meaning causing great and irreparable damage:
Meaning disastrous or destructive:
Meaning causing great damage:
Meaning involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering:
Meaning involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous:
Meaning (of a natural event) large-scale and violent:
Meaning having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way:
Meaning harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant:
Meaning causing or likely to cause harm:
Meaning causing physical damage:
Meaning causing or likely to cause damage or harm:
Meaning causing distress to someone's feelings:
Meaning causing physical injury:
Meaning using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something:
Meaning tending to cause harm:
Meaning causing harm or damage:
Meaning involving or creating unfavourable circumstances that reduce the chances of success or effectiveness:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning causing a person to become unable to walk or move properly:
Meaning (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled:
Meaning (of the weather or temperature) powerful and destructive:
Meaning savagely violent:
Meaning able or likely to cause harm or injury:
Meaning leading to failure or disaster:
Meaning causing or able to cause death:
Meaning sufficient to cause death:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration:
Meaning spoil completely:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning give a flat and even surface to:
Meaning raze (a building or settlement) to the ground:
Meaning destroy utterly; obliterate:
Meaning break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces:
Meaning cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset:
Meaning knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state:
Meaning (especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly:
Meaning greatly astonish or amaze:
Meaning subject to lasting shock as a result of a disturbing experience or physical injury:
Meaning make (someone) feel overwhelmingly disappointed or embarrassed:
Meaning have a strong emotional effect on:
Meaning succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty):
Meaning cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain:
Translation of devastating
- Spanish: devastador, catastrófico, aniquilador
- German: verheerend, katastrophisch
- Italian: devastante, catastrofico, rovinoso
Words that rhyme with devastating
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