devastative

Recent Examples of Synonyms for devastative
Adjective
  • This timely and critical discussion highlights the urgent need to recognize the signs of financial abuse and disrupt its devastating impact.
    Essence, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The Irish brought Samhain to the New World in the late 1840s when a devastating potato famine forced millions of them to leave Ireland.
    Tithi Bhattacharya / Made by History, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • A week after a disastrous last-second loss at Washington, they got steamrolled 29-9 by the Arizona Cardinals, adding to the mounting list of poor road performances under coach Matt Eberflus.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The vice president ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket after Biden’s disastrous performance in a June debate set into motion his withdrawing from the race.
    Bill Barrow, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Published by Brontë under the pseudonym Ellis Bell a year before her death, Wuthering Heights is set in the Yorkshire moors and revolves around the intense and often destructive relationships between two families: the Earnshaws and the Lintons.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Vietnam remains highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, facing increasingly frequent, extreme and destructive weather events.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

Thesaurus Entries Near devastative

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“Devastative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devastative. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

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