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Withering

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atrophynoun(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
devastatingCausing devastation.
annihilativeServing to annihilate; radically destructive.
destructiveCausing destruction; damaging.
disrespectfulLacking respect.
annihilatingCausing annihilation; devastating.

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destructiveCausing destruction; damaging.
devastatingCausing devastation.
annihilativeServing to annihilate; radically destructive.
disrespectfulLacking respect.
atrophynoun(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
annihilatingCausing annihilation; devastating.
shrinkingnounThe act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
excruciatingCausing great pain or anguish, agonizing
serenoun(archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
fordoneExhausted; overcome; worn out.
devastatedverbExtremely upset and shocked.
wastedverb(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
disintegratingnounThat causes disintegration.
obliterativeTending or serving to obliterate.
undernounIn or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
corrosiveEating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
wastingnounGradual deterioration or wasting away.
disintegrativeLosing cohesion or unity.
obliteratedverbDestroyed; (loosely) broken beyond repair.
gutted(slang) Deeply disappointed or crushed, as by defeat, failure, or loss; let down.

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