devastating


devastating (http://definr.com/devastating)

     adj 1: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
            devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
            inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn: annihilating,
             withering]
     2: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
        "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating
        hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative,
         annihilating, withering]
     3: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in
        combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
        "bone-crushing" [syn: crushing]