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Uncommondevastating
The correct spelling is devastating.
How to pronounce devastating
verb
Say it like: Dev-ast-ati-ng
The correct spelling is devastating. To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
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Meanings
verb
- 1.To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
- 2.To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
- 3.To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
adjective
- 1.Causing devastation
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