Definitions of devastating [ˈdɛv əˌsteɪ tɪŋ]

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Definition of 'devastating'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) devastating
tending or having the power to devastate.

2. devastating
satirical, ironic, or caustic in an effective way:
a devastating portrayal of society.

Etymology: (1625–35)

Definition of 'devastating'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) annihilating, devastating, withering
making light of
"afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert

2. (adj) annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"

3. (adj) crushing, devastating
physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
"a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

Definition of 'devastating'

Webster Dictionary

1. devastating
of Devastate

Translation of 'devastating'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: overwhelming a devastating flood; The news was devastating.
Afrikaans: verwoestende	Arabic: مُكْتَسِح، مُجْتاح، غامِر	Bulgarian: опустошителен
Brazilian: devastador	Czech: zničující, ničivý, pustoš	German: verheerend
Danish: fortvivlende;ødelæggende	Greek: ολέθριος, συνταρακτικός	Spanish: devastador, abrumador
Estonian: laastav, muserdav	Farsi: ویرانگر؛ خوردکننده	Finnish: järkyttävä
French: dévastateur, accablant	Hebrew: הַרסָנִי, מְזַעֲזֵע	Hindi: अत्यंत प्रभावकारी
Croatian: razoran	Hungarian: pusztító, megsemmisítő	Indonesian: merusak
Icelandic: yfirþyrmandi	Italian: devastante	Japanese: 破壊的な
Korean: 압도적인	Lithuanian: pražūtingas, gniuždantis	Latvian: postošs
Malay: mengakibatkan kebinasaan	Dutch: verwoestend, verpletteren	Norwegian: ødeleggende; overveldende
Polish: niszczycielski, druzgocąc	Persian: ویرانگر؛ خوردکننده	Pashto: ویرانونکی
Portuguese: esmagador	Romanian: devastator; copleşitor	Russian: ужасающий
Slovak: ničivý	Slovenian: uničujoč	Serbian: razoran
Swedish: ödeläggande, förödande	Thai: ซึ่งก่อให้เกิดความเสียหาย	Turkish: mahvedici
Taiwanese: 具有毀滅性的，令人震驚的	Ukrainian: спустошливий; жахливий	Urdu: شدید المناک
Vietnamese: tàn phá	Chinese: 毁灭性的，令人震惊的
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