devastating

Words with a similar base: devastating

'devastating'

[lay_waste_to.v.01] as in: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Examples:
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

'devastating'

[devastate.v.02] as in: overwhelm or overpower

Examples:
He was devastated by his grief when his son died

'devastating'

[annihilating.s.02] as in: making light of; ; ; - W.S.Gilbert

Examples:
afire with annihilating invective
a devastating portrait of human folly
to compliments inflated I've a withering reply

'devastating'

[annihilative.s.01] as in: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

Examples:
possessing annihilative power
a devastating hurricane
the guns opened a withering fire

'devastating'

[crushing.s.01] as in: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

Examples:
a crushing blow
a crushing rejection
bone-crushing

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