Devastating

Synonyms for "devastating" (132 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Adjective(8 words)

crushing annihilating annihilative bankrupt calamitous catastrophiccatastrophic failurecripple

acid baneful beaming bewitching bitter blooming bright brilliant calamitous captivating cataclysmal cataclysmic catastrophic caustic consuming consumptive

Noun(3 words)

bankrupting blighting castrating

Strong matches (39)

Noun(6 words)

crippling damming decimating eviscerating gutting incinerating

Adjective(8 words)

crushing workloaddamning demolish demoralize desolate destroy destructive heartbreaking

dazzling deadly demolishing demolitionary depredatory desolating destroying destructive disastrous divine doomful enthralling fatal fateful fratricidal glamorous glorious glowing gorgeous hard

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heavenly incisive internecine keen killing

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Adjective(12 words)

lethalmassive stormruinruin moraleruinous shatter shocking terrible traumatic undercut withering wreck

Noun(8 words)

massacringmost massivenuking pulverizing shattering traumatizing wreaking wrecking

mordant murderous nihilist nihilistic overpowering overwhelming penetrating pernicious radiant ravaging raving ravishing resplendent ruining ruinous sarcastic sardonic satirical savage self-destructive

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Verb(2 words)

nuked scorched

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

affect damageemotional impact descriptorextreme adjectiveharm impactpsychological descriptorseverity descriptor

More specific

20 entries

calamitous catastrophiccripple supply chainscrushingdemoralize staffdesolate communitiesdestroy homesdestroy infrastructuredestructivedevastate livelihoodsheartbreakinglevel buildingsruin cropsruin moraleruin tourismruinous

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Collocations

11 entries

devastate communitiesdevastate cropsdevastate economiesdevastate infrastructuredevastate livelihoodsdevastate marketsdevastating blowdevastating consequencesdevastating effectsdevastating impactdevastatingly effective

Inflections

4 entries

devastated devastatesmore devastatingmost devastating

Derivations

4 entries

devastate devastatingly devastation devastator

similar

2 entries

destructive disrespectful

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.

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They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses.

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That's devastating.

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If you left now, the consequences would be devastating.

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