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devastating
(encz) | devastating,devastující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
devastating
(encz) | devastating,drtivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
devastating
(encz) | devastating,ničivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
devastating
(encz) | devastating,zničující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Devastating
(gcide) | Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
[1913 Webster]
Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
[1913 Webster] |
devastating
(gcide) | devastating \devastating\ adj.
1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating
portrait of human folly.
Syn: annihilating, withering.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a
devastating hurricane.
Syn: annihilative.
[WordNet 1.5] |
devastating
(wn) | devastating
adj 1: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn:
annihilating, devastating, withering]
2: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane";
"the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative,
annihilating, devastating, withering]
3: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in
combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
"bone-crushing" [syn: crushing, devastating] |
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devastatingly
(encz) | devastatingly,fantasticky adv: Zdeněk Broždevastatingly,ohromně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Devastating
(gcide) | Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
[1913 Webster]
Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
[1913 Webster]devastating \devastating\ adj.
1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating
portrait of human folly.
Syn: annihilating, withering.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a
devastating hurricane.
Syn: annihilative.
[WordNet 1.5] |
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