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- Dictionarydev·as·tat·ing/ˈdevəˌstādiNG/
adjective
- 1. highly destructive or damaging: "a devastating cyclone struck Bangladesh" Similar
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The meaning of DEVASTATING is causing great damage or harm. How to use devastating in a sentence.
making someone very shocked and upset: devastating news. used to describe a personal quality that has a powerful effect: She had a devastating beauty / charm / smile that few men could resist. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Something that's shocking and distressing is devastating. Watching the local ice cream shop burn to the ground would be devastating to many neighborhood kids. Incredibly destructive events like earthquakes are devastating, although anything that's tragic, even on a personal level, can also be devastating.
Devastating definition: tending or threatening to devastate. See examples of DEVASTATING used in a sentence.
devastating. (devəsteɪtɪŋ ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging. [emphasis] The city took the full force of the devastating floods. Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
dev·as·tate. (dĕv′ə-stāt′) tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates. 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. [Latin dēvāstāre, dēvāstāt- : dē-, de- + vāstāre, to lay waste (from vāstus, empty, desolate; see euə- in Indo-European roots ).]
adjective. /ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/ causing a lot of damage and destroying things synonym disastrous. a devastating explosion/fire/cyclone. Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean. He received devastating injuries in the accident. It will be a devastating blow to the local community if the factory closes.
DEVASTATING definition: 1. making someone very shocked and upset: 2. causing a lot of damage or destruction: . Learn more.
Synonyms for DEVASTATING: disastrous, destructive, devastative, cataclysmic, deadly, lethal, fatal, ruinous; Antonyms of DEVASTATING: protective, nondestructive, constructive, creative, productive, useful, harmless, formative.
Definitions of 'devastating' 1. If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging. [emphasis] [...] 2. You can use devastating to emphasize that something is very shocking, upsetting, or terrible. [emphasis] [...] 3. You can use devastating to emphasize that something or someone is very impressive.
