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1 devastatore
devastatore s.m. ravager; devastator, destroyer◆ agg. devastating; ravaging, destructive: un esercito di barbari devastatori, an army of ravaging barbarians; la furia devastatrice dell'acqua, the devastating fury of the water.* * *[devasta'tore]* * *devastatore/devasta'tore/[ insetto] devastating, ravaging; [temporale, incendio] devastating, destructive. -
2 devastante
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3 dirompente
dirompente agg. disruptive, explosive // bomba dirompente, fragmentation bomb // (bot.) frutto dirompente, explosive fruit // tuo fratello ha una carica dirompente di simpatia, your brother is incredibly friendly.* * *[dirom'pɛnte]1) mil.* * *dirompente/dirom'pεnte/1 mil. bomba dirompente fragmentation bomb -
4 disastroso
disastrous* * *disastroso agg. disastrous, ruinous; dreadful: un'inondazione disastrosa, a disastrous flood; un'esperienza disastrosa, a disastrous (o dreadful) experience; una giornata disastrosa, a dreadful day; una guerra disastrosa, a ruinous war; risultati disastrosi, dreadful (o appalling) results.* * *[dizas'troso]aggettivo disastrous, calamitous, devastating* * *disastroso/dizas'troso/disastrous, calamitous, devastating. -
5 rovinoso
rovinoso agg.1 ( disastroso) ruinous, disastrous: ha fatto degli investimenti rovinosi, he made some ruinous (o disastrous) investments; una speculazione rovinosa, a ruinous speculation; spese rovinose, ruinous expenses; i suoi cambiamenti si sono rivelati rovinosi, his changes proved ruinous* * *[rovi'noso]1) (finanziariamente) ruinous, costly2) (disastroso) [ politica] detrimental3) (violento) [ temporale] devastating, destructive* * *rovinoso/rovi'noso/1 (finanziariamente) ruinous, costly2 (disastroso) [ politica] detrimental -
6 schiacciante
schiacciante agg. overwhelming: la schiacciante superiorità degli avversari, the enemy's overwhelming superiority; una vittoria schiacciante, an overwhelming victory; prova schiacciante, incontestable evidence (o decisive proof o overwhelming proof).* * *[skjat'tʃante]aggettivo [vittoria, superiorità, maggioranza] crushing, overwhelming; [testimonianza, prova] damning, devastating, overwhelming* * *schiacciante/skjat't∫ante/[vittoria, superiorità, maggioranza] crushing, overwhelming; [testimonianza, prova] damning, devastating, overwhelming. -
7 sconvolgente
upsetting, distressingdi un'intelligenza sconvolgente incredibly intelligent* * ** * *[skonvol'dʒɛnte]aggettivo upsetting, shocking, devastating, shattering* * *sconvolgente/skonvol'dʒεnte/upsetting, shocking, devastating, shattering. -
8 devastante agg
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9 devastante
agg [devas'tante](anche) fig devastating
См. также в других словарях:
devastating — adj. 1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating portrait of human folly. Syn: annihilating, withering. [WordNet 1.5] 2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a devastating hurricane. Syn: annihilative. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
devastating — index dire, disastrous, fatal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
devastating — 1630s, prp. adj. from DEVASTATE (Cf. devastate). Trivial use by 1889 … Etymology dictionary
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devastating — adjective 1 destroying or badly damaging something: Acid rain has a devastating effect on the environment. 2 shocking and upsetting: the devastating news of a plane crash 3 almost impossible to argue against or deal with: a devastating argument… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
devastating — adjective 1) a devastating cyclone Syn: destructive, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic; harmful, damaging, injurious, detrimental; crippling, violent, savage, fierce, dangerous, fatal, deadly … Thesaurus of popular words
devastating — [ˈdevəˌsteɪtɪŋ] adj 1) causing a lot of harm or damage a devastating fire/storm/flood[/ex] 2) very shocking or upsetting a devastating loss[/ex] 3) very impressive or attractive devastating good looks[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
