devastating
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Is devastating a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterlyExamples: "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
2. overwhelm or overpowerExamples: "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"Synonyms: devastate
adjective satellite (English)
1. making light of; ; ; - W.S.GilbertExamples: "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"Synonyms: annihilating, devastating, withering
2. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destructionExamples: "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"Synonyms: annihilating, annihilative, devastating, withering
3. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combinationExamples: "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"Synonyms: crushing, devastating
Definition source: Wiktionary