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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

devastating

· IPA /dˈɛvəstˌeɪtɪŋ/
01 adj. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating portrait of human folly.
  1. 1.
    highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating portrait of human folly.
  2. 2.
    causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a devastating hurricane.
Syn. annihilating, withering. — Syn. -- annihilative.