Definition: 1. Making light of. 2. Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction. 3. Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination.
Use 'devastating' in a sentence:
1. It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.
2. She looks devastating in that skirt.
3. The government proposes to reduce the population by using a virus that has caused devastating epidemics in rabbit populations elsewhere.
4. We don't have to look further than our own communities to see the devastating impact of automation.
5. The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state.
6. Chapter one is about general situation of sales not devastating lease.
7. It is a devastating experience.
8. The disadvantage of too much praise is that kids may start to focus on the reward rather than what they are learning, Worse, when a student fails, whose confidence comes from a blind sense of achievement rather than his or her actual abilities, the result can be devastating.
9. The devastating attack rendered the country a third world country in a matter of weeks.
10. Termites are a wide class of hazards, pests devastating worldwide.
11. The wear-and-tear that comes from these longer relationships can be quite devastating.
12. The most devastating form of brain damage, for example, is a condition in which someone is understood to be brain dead.
13. Last month killed 14 people, and devastating much of that town.
14. The economic costs of tobacco use are equally devastating.
15. The economic and social impact has been devastating.
16. French political commentators noted the devastating fire had succeeded where Macron had failed in uniting the country.
17. In the early years of the century, the boll weevil began devastating the cotton farms in the south.
18. This disaster is one of the most devastating examples of a very common event: an avalanche of snow or ice.
19. This is a global problem with devastating global effects.
20. An ice age by mid-century would be unimaginably devastating.
21. It was then that a devastating earthquake struck western China.
22. The most devastating form of brain damage is a condition in which someone is understood to be brain dead.
23. This devastating hurricane passed right through the heart of the city.
24. Yes, this is the current job market. Many young people who came to the first-tier cities ended up in devastating failures.
25. Incredibly, in January 2001, this ancient structure survived a devastating earthquake that measured 7.
26. A midge, named Culicoide, carries bluetongue, a devastating livestock disease that is moving northwards in Europe due to climate change.
27. Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.
28. Feelings of guilt associated with emotions are more devastating and damaging than the experience of emotion itself.
29. Actionto restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.
30. Today's report is the starkest warning yet of the potentially devastating impact of climate change and human exploitation on the Antarctic's delicate ecosystems.
31. The devastating 7.9 magnitude Sichuan earthquake which killed about 90,000 people in western China.
32. In Nigeria, where tomatoes are a staple of local diets, the insect's effects are devastating.
33. Psychologically, the defeat was devastating.
34. The diagnosis was devastating. She had cancer.
35. He received devastating injuries in the accident.
36. The city of Ormac took the full force of the winds and devastating floods.
37. Just when it seemed life was going well, she was blindsided by a devastating illness.
38. I was devastating, if I do say so myself.
39. It will be a devastating blow to the local community if the factory closes.
40. That's a devastating move.
41. 'The Government is suppressing inflation by devastating the economy,' he said.
42. The damage inflicted upon the British fleet was devastating.
43. He returned to his best with a devastating display of galloping and jumping.
44. Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean.
45. Opponents of the measure say it's political grandstanding that could prove devastating to the economy.
46. Her smile was devastating.
47. It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension.
48. Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
49. An oil spill could be devastating for wildlife.
