Synonyms:
annihilating, devastating, withering
Meaning: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
Synonyms:
annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering
Meaning: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
Usage examples
And now turn your attention from the individual case to the great war devastating Europe.
He has a long garden-implement in his hand, and he is sending up the death-rate in slug circles with a devastating rapidity.