Devastating
['devəsteitiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devastate
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Examples
- And nothing is so devastating, nothing--' 'Yes,' said Ursula humbly, 'you must have suffered. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They carried their raiding right down the Italian peninsula, devastating all Etruria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But there was a devastating cynicism at the bottom of her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was possessed by a devastating hopelessness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To subjugate devastating disease is no longer a dream; the hope of abolishing poverty is not utopian. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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