That crushes; bruising, overwhelming, etc.

That confounds; destroying, confusing, perplexing, amazing, etc.: see the verb.

Having the quality of prostrating; overpowering.

Utterly devastating or destructive, crushing; annihilative.

That ‘dishes’; spec. forming a concave or dish-like surface; see dish, v.1 4–7.

of a blow, etc.: Such as to disable or knock out of the contest; also figurative.