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Devastating

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

📖 Definitions of "Devastating"

verb

1
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
2
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
3
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.

adjective

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
witheringnoun	Diminishing rapidly.
annihilative	Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
destructive	Causing destruction; damaging.
disrespectful	Lacking respect.
crushingnoun	The action of the verb to crush.
annihilating	Causing annihilation; devastating.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
witheringnoun	Diminishing rapidly.
destructive	Causing destruction; damaging.
annihilative	Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
crushingnoun	The action of the verb to crush.
disrespectful	Lacking respect.
annihilating	Causing annihilation; devastating.
ruinous	Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.
damaging	Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
detrimentalnoun	Causing damage or harm.
harmful	Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
deleterious	(formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
damaged	That has suffered damage.
wrecked	Destroyed, usually in an accident; damaged to the point of unusability.
disastrous	Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
calamitous	Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
wreckingnoun	The act by which something is wrecked.
debilitating	Causing a loss of energy or strength.
cripplingnoun	Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental.
gutted	(slang) Deeply disappointed or crushed, as by defeat, failure, or loss; let down.
deadly	Causing death; lethal.