devastating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: devastating	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for devastating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devastating adj making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert Synonym(s): annihilating, devastating, withering wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" Synonym(s): annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" Synonym(s): crushing, devastating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See {Vast}.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay. Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.