as in devastating
causing or tending to cause destruction
that kind of devastative tornado can tear the roof off of a house in a matter of seconds
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Adjective
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In fact, the summer peaks of COVID in 2024 and 2025 were worse than their respective winter peaks, according to the California Department of Public Health — a stark departure from the earlier years of the pandemic, when winter surges ripped through California with devastating regularity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
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In a statement on social media, the elderly woman’s granddaughter, Zoe Cooper, announced the devastating news.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Many similar blunders have been recorded in years past, including arguably the worst example, a disastrous decision three decades ago to overhaul how electricity was produced, distributed and priced.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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This is disastrous and very concerning for the future of San Diego, which is going to lose jobs at an unparalleled pace given the presence of artificial intelligence.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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During the two hours of debate in the House on Tuesday, the bill’s supporters declared that income tax is the most destructive tax that penalizes productivity.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Utility equipment is believed to have sparked some of the deadliest and most destructive fires in recent years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Devastative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devastative. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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