devastating Play adjectiveHighly destructive or damaging. SYNONYMS brutalcalamitouscataclysmiccatastrophiccripplingdamagingdangerousdeadlydeath-dealingdeleteriousdestructivedetrimentaldisadvantageousdisastrousfatalfierceharmfulhurtfulinjuriouslethalnoxiousperniciousravagingruinoussavageviolentwounding