53 entries under devastating topic. ×

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unfortunate(adjective, bad, poor, awful, awkward)
6
evil(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, harsh)
6
wasteful(adjective, economical, disastrous)
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murderous(adjective, difficult, harmful, injurious, fatal)
4
annihilative(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
4
crippling(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, destructive)
4
lethal(adjective, bad, harmful, injurious, damaging)
4
toxic(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
4
withering(adjective, pain, disastrous)
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shattering(adjective, disastrous)
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cancerous(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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consumptive(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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exhausting(adjective, harmful, damaging, fatal, mortal)
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internecine(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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noisome(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
2
wrackful(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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wreckful(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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cutthroat(adjective, unpleasant, grim, harmful, injurious)
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eradicative(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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extirpative(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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