53 entries under devastating topic. ×

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destructive(adjective, help, destruction, extravagant, lavish)
21
disastrous(adjective, help, bad, pain, unhappy)
20
catastrophic(adjective, help, awful, terrible, painful)
17
harmful(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
16
calamitous(adjective, help, bad, pain, unhappy)
16
cataclysmic(adjective, help, awful, terrible, painful)
16
pernicious(adjective, help, bad, dreadful, distressing)
15
deleterious(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
15
fatal(adjective, help, painful, suffering, dreadful)
14
injurious(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
14
suicidal(adjective, destruction, harmful, injurious, damaging)
12
damaging(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
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baneful(adjective, distressing, adverse, harmful, injurious)
11
deadly(adjective, bad, destruction, painful, suffering)
10
baleful(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
10
dire(adjective, awful, terrible, painful, suffering)
10
noxious(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
9
detrimental(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
9
hurtful(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
8
fateful(adjective, help, deadly, disastrous)
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