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单词 devastative
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devastativeadj.

/ˈdɛvəsteɪtɪv/
Etymology: < Latin dēvastāt- participial stem (see above) + -ive suffix.
Having the quality of devastating; wasting, ravaging.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating
wastingc1230
wastefula1400
spoiling1565
desolative1593
desolatory1606
depopulating1627
devastating1634
ravaginga1649
devasting1659
vastative1667
devastative1805
depopulative1861
depopulatory1864
earth-shattering1864
1805 Triads of Bardism in R. Southey Madoc Notes 459 To collect power towards subduing the Adverse and Devastative.
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism v. 38 Devastative, like the whirlwind.
1884 J. G. Pyle in Harper's Mag. Sept. 619/2 The devastative power of floods.
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