DEVASTATING Synonyms
There are 13 hypernyms of the word devastating. (close relations)
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| annihilating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction • making light of | ||||||
| calamitous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||
| catastrophic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin | ||||||
| crippling | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • that cripples or disables or incapacitates | ||||||
| crushing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority adjective satellite • physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | ||||||
| damaging | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | ||||||
| destructive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • causing destruction or much damage | ||||||
| disastrous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||
| grave | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • death of a person • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) • a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation adjective satellite • dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought verb • shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it • carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | ||||||
| overwhelming | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • so strong as to be irresistible • very strong; urgently felt | ||||||
| ravaging | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • plundering with excessive damage and destruction adjective satellite • ruinously destructive and wasting | ||||||
| ruinous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin • causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | ||||||
| severe | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality • very strong or vigorous • severely simple • unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • very bad in degree or extent | ||||||
| terrible | ||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or dread or terror • exceptionally bad or displeasing • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | ||||||
| decimate | verbv | |||||
verb • kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies • kill in large numbers | ||||||
| desolate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • crushed by grief verb • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch • reduce in population • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| destroy | verbv | |||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death | ||||||
| ravage | verbv | |||||
noun • (usually plural) a destructive action verb • make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| raze | verbv | |||||
verb • tear down so as to make flat with the ground | ||||||
| ruin | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction • a ruined building • the process of becoming dilapidated • an event that results in destruction • failure that results in a loss of position or reputation • destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined verb • destroy completely; damage irreparably • destroy or cause to fail • reduce to bankruptcy • reduce to ruins • deprive of virginity • fall into ruin | ||||||
