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}]