devastating Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
desolate; devastate; scourge; lay waste to; ravage; waste.
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
verb overwhelm or overpower
devastate.
- He was devastated by his grief when his son died
adjective satellite making light of
withering; annihilating.
- afire with annihilating invective
- a devastating portrait of human folly
- to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
adjective satellite wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
withering; annihilative; annihilating.
- possessing annihilative power
- a devastating hurricane
- the guns opened a withering fire
adjective satellite physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
crushing.
- a crushing blow
- a crushing rejection
- bone-crushing