Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction.
Being severely destructive.
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Examples for "crushing "
Examples for "crushing "
1 Political upheaval has often diverted attention away from crushing poverty and AIDS.
2 The MPLA was also seen crushing the opposition at the provincial level.
3 Major Campbell was stamping down something; and succeeded too in crushing it.
4 Repression has so far failed to instill crushing fear into the population.
5 Canola meal, a byproduct of canola crushing , is used in livestock feed.
1 As a result, he has withering contempt for environmentalists' opposition to fracking.
2 The UK cannot afford another five years of a withering science base.
3 He was watching the telegram withering in the centre of the fire.
4 The withering away of a large lead for Remain is a surprise.
5 The youth threw a withering glance in the direction of the speaker.
1 In the summer, Urbina captured the city of Durango, annihilating the Federals.
2 You would be doing the Führer a great favor by annihilating them.
3 Thus the chance of surprising and annihilating his army would be lost.
4 He never gained a battle without annihilating the force opposed to him.
5 But slavery exists only by annihilating or monopolizing these rights and legacies.
1 Not annihilative , since Prag can hold out, though with prospect of famishing.
2 And now she remembered that she had an annihilative weapon against him.... Had he led up to this subject on purpose?
1 Of course, that onetime injection has a devastating long-term cost: climate change.
2 The wrong words at the wrong time can create devastating emotional scars.
3 However, experts say this won't be enough to end the devastating war.
4 Lewis' verdict for the future of the global oil industry is devastating .
5 This year is set to become the most devastating season since 2001.
6 Still, society rarely reflects upon the complicated roots of this devastating problem.
7 The effect of the Bankia news on fragile financial markets was devastating .
8 Parasitic diseases continue to have a devastating impact on human populations worldwide.
9 One of the New Zealanders, Sarah Cook, said the news was devastating .
10 He said it could have a devastating effect on a business' reputation.
11 Background: Thromboembolic events are potentially devastating sources of morbidity in trauma patients.
12 But if the physical war is stagnating, the economic war is devastating .
13 Support them and allow them time to heal for their devastating loss.
14 A changing climate will help fuel longer and more devastating wildfire seasons.
15 The area was hit by devastating storms and floods two years ago.
16 Last night Shearer proved right, linking intuitively with Ameobi to devastating effect.
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