[はかいてき, hakaiteki] (adj-na) destructive; devastating[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See {Vast}.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
[1913 Webster]
Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
devastating \devastating\ adj.
1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating
portrait of human folly.
Syn: annihilating, withering.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a
devastating hurricane.
Syn: annihilative.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}, {devastating}, {withering}]
2: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane";
"the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: {annihilative},
{annihilating}, {devastating}, {withering}]
3: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in
combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
"bone-crushing" [syn: {crushing}, {devastating}]
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