as in devastating
causing or tending to cause destruction
that kind of devastative tornado can tear the roof off of a house in a matter of seconds
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Adjective
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And gambling addiction at any age, as Shaun recalls, can be devastating.—
Ted Koppel,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2025 -
Those 100-mph-plus winds from Hurricane Milton were devastating.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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No punishment for shooting a disastrous 24 percent from 3, the team’s worst perimeter performance since its 6-for-23 effort from deep against St. John’s on Feb. 23.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Or how about their disastrous appearance on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here?—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Climate change’s role Hurricanes are a far more destructive force in Florida than wildfires, which destroy many more properties in western states than in the Sunshine State.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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Present bias is the trait of being unable to muster the willpower to avoid destructive buy now, pay later behavior.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Devastative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devastative. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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