devastating
devastating adjective: causing devastation. Also the present participle and gerund of devastate.
Adjective
devastating (comparative more devastating, superlative most devastating)
- Causing devastation.
- Serious as was the flood damage in England, the bursting of some of the dykes on the coast of Holland resulted in an even more widespread and devastating inundation.1953 April, “Devastation in Holland”, in Railway Magazine, page 217
- “The whole world has a stake in maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. The security of commercial shipping lanes and global supply chains depends on it. And so does freedom of navigation worldwide. Make no mistake: conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be devastating.”2023 June 3, Haley Britzky, Brad Lendon, quoting Lloyd Austin, “Taiwan war would be ‘devastating,’ warns US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he criticizes China at Shangri-La security summit”, in...
Also used as
devastating is also the present participle and gerund of devastate.
Examples of devastating in a sentence
- The town was stricken by a devastating earthquake that left many buildings in ruins.
- Cryptobros have been huffing copious amounts of copium after yesterday's devastating Bitcoin crash.
- The movement on his cutter was devastating.
Forms of devastating
| comparative | more devastating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most devastating |
Words formed from devastating
Questions about devastating
- What does devastating mean?
- Devastating means causing devastation.
- What part of speech is devastating?
- Devastating is an adjective.
Words near devastating in the dictionary
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