"devastating" meaning in English

See devastating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more devastating [comparative], most devastating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} devastating (comparative more devastating, superlative most devastating)
  1. Causing devastation. Translations (causing devastation): опустошителен (opustošitelen) (Bulgarian), devastador (Catalan), tuhoava (Finnish), dévastateur (French), verheerend (German), συντριπτικός (syntriptikós) (Greek), sladach (Irish), vastificus (Latin), разорувачки (razoruvački) (Macedonian), devastador (Portuguese), devastador (Spanish), förödande (Swedish)
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Verb

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  1. present participle and gerund of devastate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: devastate
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