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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6430 COCA: 4834

devastating

devastating /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ/ adjective
devastating
/ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of DEVASTATING
[more devastating; most devastating]
: causing great damage or harm毁灭性的;破坏性很大的
often + to
: causing extreme emotional pain情感极度痛苦的
: extremely effective or powerful很有效的;强有力的

— devastatingly

adverb
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6430 COCA: 4834

devastating

adjective

dev·​as·​tat·​ing ˈde-və-ˌstā-tiŋ How to pronounce devastating (audio)
1
: causing great damage or harm
a devastating flood/earthquake
a devastating injury
A devastating coastal tsunami could also result from a severe displacement of the San Andreas Fault. Gary Sandquist
2
: causing extreme emotional pain
a devastating loss
Even the most banal domestic melodramas, readers come to understand, are experienced as devastating tragedies by children living them for the first time. Entertainment Weekly
3
: extremely effective or powerful
a devastating satire
He had a devastating wit and an utter contempt for shoddy work in physics. Jeremy Bernstein
devastatingly adverb
Some people recover readily from the infection, but in others it becomes disseminated, spreading rapidly and devastatingly from lungs to bones, skin and nervous system Lawrence Galton
Postcards from the Edge is a devastatingly savvy, bitingly funny, yet sad movie based on Carrie Fisher's autobiographical novel about Hollywood. Jeffrey Lyons
… is portrayed as a devastatingly effective power broker in the Senate. Alan Brinkley

Word History

First Known Use

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of devastating was in 1634
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6430 COCA: 4834

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