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adjective
- 1. highly destructive or damaging: "a devastating cyclone" Similar
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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.
The meaning of DEVASTATING is causing great damage or harm. How to use devastating in a sentence.
If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging. The city took the full force of the devastating floods. Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages. You can use devastating to emphasize that something is very shocking, upsetting, or terrible.
Devastating definition: tending or threatening to devastate. See examples of DEVASTATING used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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).] dev′as·tat′ing·ly adv. dev′as·ta′tion n.
DEVASTATING definition: 1. making someone very shocked and upset: 2. causing a lot of damage or destruction: . Learn more.
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.
cleverly or intelligently said or done: devastating arguments against every proposal I made. tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire. satirical, ironic, or caustic in an effective way: a devastating portrayal of society. dev•as•tate /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/ v. [~ + object], -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
