devastating
Example Sentences
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“This should be the only agenda item. This will give the public the time to engage and understand these devastating proposed cuts.”
From Los Angeles Times
The most quietly devastating food scene in the show doesn’t happen in a bedroom.
From Salon
Minutes after the devastating performance, Malinin admitted to feeling overwhelmed by the intense pressure of the Olympics.
"You are very much in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope that you will now be able to rest and recover from this devastating ordeal."
From BBC
In a January essay, he detailed concerns that bad actors could use AI to mount devastating biological attacks, and that authoritarian regimes could use it to entrench their power.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
