withering

On Wednesday afternoon, Kamala Harris stood in front of the vice-presidential residence in Washington DC, and delivered a short but withering attack on her Republican presidential opponent.

Amos played James Evans, a hard-working Korean War veteran with a withering stare and sharp wit who did everything he could to provide for his family.

It was a take-down that will, no doubt, draw a withering response from King in a newspaper or on a radio station of his choice any time now.

As rescue crews recovered victims of Israel’s strike on Beirut, Israeli warplanes launched a withering attack on Lebanon’s south amid fears of wider war.

As rescue crews continued to recover the last bodies of the victims of Israel’s strike in Beirut, authorities took stock of the damage and Israeli warplanes launched a withering attack on Lebanon’s south.