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devastating

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of devastating

causing or tending to cause destruction

a devastating blow to our morale

Synonyms of devastating

annihilatory, calamitous, cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, devastative, disastrous, ruinous

Words Related to devastating

antibiotic, biocidal

baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous, pestilent, poisonous, virulent, vital

deleterious, detrimental, harmful, pernicious

Near Antonyms of devastating

preservative, protective

constructive, creative, formative, productive

harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive

ameliorative, helpful, useful

healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, salubrious, wholesome

Antonyms of devastating

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