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devastative

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of devastative

causing or tending to cause destruction

that kind of devastative tornado can tear the roof off of a house in a matter of seconds

Synonyms of devastative

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

Words Related to devastative

antibiotic, biocidal

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

deleterious, detrimental, harmful, pernicious

Near Antonyms of devastative

preservative, protective

constructive, creative, formative, productive

harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive

ameliorative, helpful, useful

healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, salubrious, wholesome

Antonyms of devastative

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