Synonyms of desolating

desolating

verb

present participle of desolate

as in devastating

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

totally desolated the city with aerial bombs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devastating
• destroying
• shattering
• ruining
• demolishing
• wrecking
• smashing
• damaging
• overcoming
• wasting
• ravaging
• annihilating
• extinguishing
• eroding
• crippling
• pulverizing
• decimating
• razing
• wracking
• marring
• tearing down
• crushing
• vaporizing
• totalling
• pulling down
• totaling
• dismantling
• doing in
• killing
• creaming
• nuking
• blasting
• defeating
• subduing
• breaking
• removing
• conquering
• disfiguring
• rubbing out
• spoiling
• disintegrating
• impairing
• surmounting
• deteriorating
• injuring
• whipping
• winning (against)
• licking
• prevailing (over)
• mutilating
• vitiating
• dynamiting
• trimming
• harming
• dissolving
• thrashing
• wearing (away)
• mastering
• eradicating
• routing
• plundering
• sweeping (away)
• extirpating
• despoiling
• triumphing (over)
• mangling
• obliterating
• scouring
• defacing
• undoing
• slaughtering
• exterminating
• gutting
• trampling
• walloping
• besting
• sacking
• expunging
• looting
• overbearing
• beating
• effacing
• blowing up
• trouncing
• pillaging
• taking down
• drubbing
• scotching
• clobbering
• dilapidating
• washing out
• unmaking
• overmatching
• murdering
• disassembling
• wiping out
• liquidating
• massacring
• slaying
• cutting down
• vandalizing
• felling
• stamping (out)
• assassinating
• rooting (out)
• executing
• blotting out
• unbuilding
• trashing
• dispatching
• skunking
• butchering
• zapping
• snuffing (out)
• taking out
• mowing (down)
• killing off
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• erecting
• rearing
• creating
• repairing
• raising
• setting up
• fixing
• producing
• putting up
• shaping
• making
• forming
• manufacturing
• inventing
• assembling
• establishing
• forging
• framing
• organizing
• constituting
• patching
• mending
• bringing about
• fashioning
• reconditioning
• molding
• protecting
• founding
• preserving
• saving
• revamping
• instituting
• rebuilding
• fabricating
• reconstructing
• doctoring
• restoring
• conserving
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating