Synonyms for devastating
ˈdɛv əˌsteɪ tɪŋdev·as·tat·ing

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1. annihilating, devastating, witheringadjective

   making light of

   "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert

   Synonyms:
   withering, annihilative, annihilating, crushing

   Antonyms:
   constructive, respectful

2. annihilative, annihilating, devastating, witheringadjective

   wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

   "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"

   Synonyms:
   withering, annihilative, annihilating, crushing

   Antonyms:
   constructive, respectful

3. crushing, devastatingadjective

   physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

   "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

   Synonyms:
   withering, annihilative, annihilating, crushing

   Antonyms:
   constructive, respectful

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1. List of paraphrases for "devastating":

   destructive, disastrous, catastrophic, destroyer, damaging, ruinous, destroyed, terrible, devastated, crippling, damning, disruptive, appalling, dire

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1. Melania Trump:

   I have traveled to some of the areas hardest hit by drug abuse and I have seen the devastating effects that this crisis has on families and children.

2. Joni Ernst:

   A $15 federal minimum wage would be devastating for our hardest-hit small businesses at a time when they can least afford it, we should not have a one-size-fits-all policy set by Washington politicians.

3. Jennifer Hobbs:

   I don’t know how to put it into words. It was devastating. It’s much different seeing it firsthand than it is when you see it on TV hit another communities.

4. Naoko Ishii:

   It is devastating to see.

5. Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell:

   The physical violence we experienced was horrific and devastating, my fellow officers and I were punched, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us, law enforcement, officers dedicated to ironically protecting them as Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell citizens, as an impediment to their attempted insurrection.