22
destructive(adjective, destruction, destructive)
14
violent(adjective, severe, intense, extreme, ferocious)
11
harmful(adjective, bad, dreadful, injurious, damaging)
10
calamitous(adjective, dreadful, harmful, injurious, damaging)
10
deadly(adjective, bad, evil, destruction, grim)
10
disastrous(adjective, dreadful, harmful, unfortunate, injurious)
9
ruinous(adjective, bad, severe, intense, destruction)
9
annihilating(verb, adjective, destroying)
9
damaging(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
8
withering
8
consuming(verb, immoderate)
8
destroying(verb, destruction, destroying)
7
catastrophic(adjective, dreadful, harmful, unfortunate, injurious)
7
annihilative(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
7
cataclysmic(adjective, dreadful, harmful, unfortunate, injurious)
7
desolating(verb, adjective, destroying)
7
fatal(adjective, bad, evil, wicked, dreadful)
7
suicidal(adjective, destruction, harmful, injurious, damaging)
6
crushing(adjective, severe, trenchant)
6
demolishing(verb, destroying)
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