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41 погромная статья
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42 elsöprõ
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43 demoledor
adj.devastating, smashing, demolishing, knockout.m.demolisher, housebreaker, wrecker.* * *► adjetivo1 demolishing2 figurado devastating* * *ADJ1) [ataque, efecto] shattering2) (=destructivo) [argumento] overwhelming; [crítica] devastating* * *- dora adjetivoa) < máquina> demolition (before n)b) <ataque/crítica> devastating* * *= devastating, shattering.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.----* algo demoledor = steamroller.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* * *- dora adjetivoa) < máquina> demolition (before n)b) <ataque/crítica> devastating* * *= devastating, shattering.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
Ex: The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.* algo demoledor = steamroller.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* * *1 ‹máquina› demolition ( before n)2 ‹ataque/fuerza› devastating3 ‹crítica/testimonio› devastating* * *
demoledor◊ - dora adjetivo
demoledor,-ora adj fig devastating
' demoledor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
demoledora
English:
devastating
* * *demoledor, -ora adj1. [huracán, terremoto, inundaciones] devastating;[energía, empuje, fuerza] overwhelming, overpowering2. [crítica, ataque, declaración] devastating3. [argumento] overwhelming, crushing* * *adj demolition atr ; figdevastating* * *: devastating -
44 desolador
adj.desolating, destructive, ravaging.m.desolator, bereaver, desolater.* * *► adjetivo1 (devastador) devastating, ravaging2 (desconsolador) heartbreaking, devastating* * *ADJ1) (=entristecedor) [imagen] heartbreaking, heartrending; [noticia] devastating, distressing; [paisaje] bleak, cheerless2) [epidemia] devastating* * *- dora adjetivo1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing* * *= desolating, heartbreaking.Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.* * *- dora adjetivo1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing* * *= desolating, heartbreaking.Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.* * *A (devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastatingB(triste, penoso): ante este panorama desolador faced with this bleak prospecttodos se conmovieron ante ese espectáculo desolador everybody was moved by that heartrending sightla noticia desoladora de la muerte de su padre the heartbreaking o desvastating news of his father's death* * *
desolador◊ - dora adjetivo
1 ( devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
2 (triste, penoso) ‹ noticia› devastating;
‹ espectáculo› distressing
desolador,-ora adjetivo
1 (asolador, arrasador) devastating
2 (descorazonador) distressing
' desolador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desoladora
- panorama
* * *desolador, -ora adj1. [devastador] [terremoto, guerra] devastating2. [deprimente] [imagen, espectáculo] heart-rending;[noticia] devastating;ante un panorama tan desolador, nadie sabía cómo reaccionar faced with such a bleak prospect, nobody knew how to react* * *adj devastating* * *1) : devastating2) : bleak, desolate -
45 devastador
adj.devastating, destructive, shattering.m.1 devastator, destructor.2 destroying insect.* * *► adjetivo1 devastating► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 devastator* * *(f. - devastadora)adj.* * *ADJ devastating* * *- dora adjetivo devastating* * *= deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], hammer-blow, desolating, devastating, crippling, shattering, overwhelming.Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).Ex. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex. The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.----* de un modo devastador = devastatingly.* * *- dora adjetivo devastating* * *= deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], hammer-blow, desolating, devastating, crippling, shattering, overwhelming.Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex: The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* de un modo devastador = devastatingly.* * *‹tormenta/incendio/guerra› devastatinglas consecuencias psicológicas pueden ser devastadoras the psychological consequences can be devastating* * *
devastador◊ - dora adjetivo
devastating
devastador,-ora adjetivo devastating
' devastador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
devastadora
- desolador
English:
blistering
- devastating
* * *devastador, -ora adjdevastating* * *devastador, - dora adj: devastating -
46 verheerend
I Part. Präs. verheerenII Adj. fig. disastrous; (scheußlich) dreadful; stärker: horrific; sich verheerend (auf etw.) auswirken have a devastating effect (on s.th.); einen verheerenden Eindruck hinterlassen leave a terrible impression* * *disastrous; devastating* * *ver|hee|rend1. adj1) Sturm, Folgen, Niederlage, Katastrophe devastating, disastrous; Anblick ghastly2) (inf = schrecklich) frightful, fearful, ghastly (all inf)2. advinf = schrecklich) frightfully (inf)* * *1) (overwhelming: a devastating flood; The news was devastating.) devastating2) disastrous3) disastrously* * *ver·hee·rendI. adj devastatingein \verheerendes Erdbeben a devastating earthquakeII. adv devastatingly\verheerend aussehen (fam) to look dreadful* * *1) devastating; disastrous* * *sich verheerend (auf etwas) auswirken have a devastating effect (on sth);einen verheerenden Eindruck hinter leave a terrible impression* * *1) devastating; disastrous* * *adj.devastating adj.wasteful adj. adv.devastatingly adv. -
47 asolador
adj.devastating, destructive, destroying, ravaging.* * *► adjetivo1 razing, ravaging, devastating* * *ADJ devastating* * *- dora adjetivo devastating* * *= devastating, desolating.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.* * *- dora adjetivo devastating* * *= devastating, desolating.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.* * *devastating* * *asolador, -ora adj[destructor] ravaging, devastating* * *adj devastating -
48 fulminante
adj.1 sudden (despido, muerte).2 fulminating (explosive).3 siderans.m.fulminant, blasting cap, detonator, exploder.* * *► adjetivo1 (que arroja rayos) fulminating■ su destitución fue fulminante he was dismissed on the spot, he was summarily dismissed3 (enfermedad) sudden1 (materia explosiva) fuse, detonator\cápsula fulminante percussion capmirada fulminante withering look* * *1. ADJ1) [pólvora] fulminating; [mirada] withering2) (=súbito) sudden, fulminant frm3) * (=tremendo) terrific, tremendoustiro fulminante — (Ftbl etc) sizzling shot
2.SM LAm percussion cap* * *a) < enfermedad> sudden and devastating, fulminant (tech)b) ( fuerte)* * *= explosive.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex. The explosive growth of Internet resources has generated an intense need for support in the search for and assessment of those resources.----* golpe fulminante = crushing blow.* revés fulminante = crushing blow.* * *a) < enfermedad> sudden and devastating, fulminant (tech)b) ( fuerte)* * *= explosive.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex: The explosive growth of Internet resources has generated an intense need for support in the search for and assessment of those resources.
* golpe fulminante = crushing blow.* revés fulminante = crushing blow.* * *1 ‹enfermedad› sudden and devastating, fulminant ( tech)una mirada fulminante a withering looksus palabras tuvieron un efecto fulminante her words had an immediate and devastating effectfue despedido de manera fulminante he was dismissed without warning, he was summarily dismissed2(fuerte): recibió un golpe fulminante y cayó al suelo he received a crushing blow and fell to the groundlanzó un tiro fulminante he hit a thundering shot1 ( Arm) percussion cappistola de fulminantes cap gun* * *
fulminante adjetivo ‹ enfermedad› sudden and devastating;
‹ mirada› withering;
fulminante adjetivo
1 (repentino, sin previo aviso) sudden
(de efecto instantáneo) immediate, summary
2 ((fuerte) crushing, devastating
' fulminante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
destitución
English:
by-product
- withering
- glower
* * *♦ adj1. [despido, muerte] sudden;[mirada] withering3. [explosivo] fulminating♦ nminitiating explosive* * *I adj1 enfermedad sudden2 mirada witheringII m percussion cap* * *fulminante adj1) : fulminating, explosive2) : devastating, terribleuna mirada fulminante: a withering look -
49 vernichtend
I Part. Präs. vernichtenII Adj. devastating; (zerstörerisch) destructive; fig., Schlag, Niederlage: crushing; Antwort, Blick: withering; Kritik: scathing, devastating, damning; vernichtendes Urteil severe condemnationIII Adv.: vernichtend schlagen destroy; SPORT, Fußball etc.: play into the ground; Boxen: annihilate* * *perishing; knockout; k.o.; destructive; scathing; devastating; damning* * *ver|nịch|tend1. adjKritik, Urteil devastating; Blick auch withering; Niederlage crushing2. advjdn vernichtend schlagen (Mil, Sport) — to annihilate sb
* * *1) scathingly2) (cruel, bitter, or hurtful: scathing comments; He was very scathing about her book.) scathing* * *ver·nich·tendI. adj devastatingeine \vernichtende Niederlage a crushing [or resounding] [or total] defeatjdm einen \vernichtenden Blick zuwerfen to look at sb with hatred [in one's eyes]II. advjdn \vernichtend schlagen to inflict a crushing [or resounding] [or total] defeat on sb* * *1. 2.* * *B. adj devastating; (zerstörerisch) destructive; fig, Schlag, Niederlage: crushing; Antwort, Blick: withering; Kritik: scathing, devastating, damning;vernichtendes Urteil severe condemnationC. adv:* * *1. 2.* * *adj.annihilating adj.destroying adj.internecine adj.scathing adj. adv.destructively adv.scathingly adv. -
50 abrumador
adj.1 overwhelming, mind-boggling, overpowering, staggering.2 overwhelming, total, crushing, large.m.oppressor.* * *► adjetivo1 overwhelming, crushing* * *(f. - abrumadora)adj.devastating, overwhelming, crushing* * *ADJ1) (=agobiante) crushing; (=pesado) burdensome2) (=importante) [mayoría] overwhelming; [superioridad] crushing, overwhelming* * *- dora adjetivoa) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelmingb) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy* * *= boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.Ex. It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.Ex. The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.----* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* * *- dora adjetivoa) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelmingb) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy* * *= boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.Ex: It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.
Ex: The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex: Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* * *1 ‹victoria/mayoría› overwhelming2 ‹trabajo/tarea› exhausting, tiring; ‹responsabilidad/carga› onerous, heavy* * *
abrumador◊ - dora adjetivo
abrumador,-ora adjetivo overwhelming
' abrumador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrumadora
- experimentar
English:
grief
- devastating
* * *abrumador, -ora adj[mayoría, superioridad] overwhelming; [victoria] crushing;sus productos dominan de forma abrumadora el mercado their products completely dominate the market* * *adj overwhelming* * *: crushing, overwhelming -
51 aplastante
adj.1 crushing, overwhelming (victoria, derrota).2 large.* * *► adjetivo1 crushing, overwhelming\triunfo/victoria aplastante (electoral) landslide victory* * *adj.overwhelming, crushing, sweeping* * *ADJ overwhelming, crushing* * ** * *= overwhelming, overpowering, crushing.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex. The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Ex. The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.----* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.* * ** * *= overwhelming, overpowering, crushing.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
Ex: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Ex: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.* * *‹mayoría› overwhelming; ‹victoria› overwhelming, resounding ( before n); ‹derrota› crushingrebatió todos sus argumentos con una lógica aplastante she refuted all his arguments with devastating logic* * *
aplastante adjetivo ‹ mayoría› overwhelming;
‹victoria/derrota› overwhelming, crushing;
‹ lógica› devastating
aplastante adjetivo crushing
Pol victoria aplastante, landslide victory
' aplastante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apabullante
- coherencia
English:
crushing
- landslide victory
- overwhelming
- devastating
- land
- over
- rout
* * *aplastante adj[victoria, derrota] crushing, overwhelming; [apoyo, mayoría, superioridad] overwhelming;esa argumentación es de una lógica aplastante that line of reasoning is devastating in its logic* * *adj overwhelming; calor suffocating;una mayoría aplastante an overwhelming majority* * *aplastante adj: crushing, overwhelming* * *aplastante adj (victoria) overwhelming -
52 arrollador
adj.1 vast, overwhelming.2 sweeping, devastating, complete.3 rolling, winding.m.windlass.* * *► adjetivo1 overwhelming, irresistible* * *(f. - arrolladora)adj.* * *ADJtenía una personalidad arrolladora — she had an overwhelming o overpowering personality
* * *- dora adjetivob) <fuerza/ataque> devastatingc) <personalidad/elocuencia> overpowering* * *= overwhelming.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.----* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.* * *- dora adjetivob) <fuerza/ataque> devastatingc) <personalidad/elocuencia> overpowering* * *= overwhelming.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.* * *1 ‹éxito› overwhelming, resounding ( before n); ‹victoria› crushing, overwhelmingganaron por una mayoría arrolladora they won by an overwhelming majority2 ‹fuerza/viento/ataque› devastating3 ‹personalidad/elocuencia› overpowering* * *
arrollador◊ - dora adjetivo
arrollador,-ora adj fig overwhelming
(éxito) resounding
(carácter) captivating
' arrollador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apabullante
- arrolladora
English:
devastating
- hugely
- whirl
* * *arrollador, -ora adj[victoria] crushing, overwhelming; [superioridad] overwhelming; [éxito] resounding, overwhelming; [belleza, personalidad] dazzling;es de una simpatía arrolladora she's an incredibly nice person* * *adj overwhelming* * *arrollador, - dora adj: sweeping, overwhelming -
53 dévastateur
dévastateur, -trice [devastatœʀ, tʀis]adjectivedevastating ; [passion] destructive* * *- trice devastatœʀ, tʀis adjectif devastating* * *devastatœʀ, tʀis adj (-trice)* * *dévastateur, - trice adj devastating; une nouvelle à l'effet dévastateur a devastating piece of news.( féminin dévastatrice) [devastatɶr, tris] adjectif -
54 ravageur
ravageur, -euse [ʀavaʒœʀ, øz]adjective[passion, sourire] devastating ; [humour] scathing* * *- euse ʀavaʒœʀ, øz adjectif1) [désir, passion] all-consuming; [humour] crushing; [sourire] stunning2) [insecte, animal] destructive; [incendie] devastating* * *ʀavaʒœʀ, øz adj ravageur, -euse3) (= destructeur) destructive* * *1 [désir, passion] all-consuming; [humour] destructive; [mèche, sourire] stunning;2 [insecte, animal] destructive; [incendie] devastating.1. [destructeur] destructive2. [séducteur - sourire] devastating————————, ravageuse [ravaʒɶr, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin -
55 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. -
56 verheerend
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57 druzgocąc|y
Ⅰ pa druzgotać Ⅱ adj. 1. (surowy) [krytyka, odpowiedź, uwaga] crushing, devastating; [spojrzenie] crushing 2. (niszczący) [przeżycie] crushing, devastating; [argument, efekt, rozpacz, wieści] devastating; [przewaga, siła] overwhelming- zadać komuś druzgocącą klęskę to inflict a devastating defeat on sbThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > druzgocąc|y
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58 erdrutschartig
Adj. POL.: erdrutschartige Verluste devastating losses* * *erd|rutsch|ar|tigadjSieg landslide attr; Niederlage devastating* * *erd·rutsch·ar·tigadj landslideein \erdrutschartiger Wahlsieg a landslide election victory* * *erdrutschartige Verluste devastating losses -
59 ødeleggende
adj. [ tilintetgørende] annihilating (f.eks. ) adj. destructive, devastating, detrimental, ruinous (særlig økonomisk), undermining adj. destructive (f.eks.wars, weapons
); devastating (f.eks.attack, bombardment, flood, storm
) adj. ruinous, destructive, devastating adj. [ skadelig] pernicious (f.eks. ) adj. [ dødbringende] fatal (f.eks.blow, disease
); mortal, deadly (f.eks. ) adj. [ økonomisk T] ruinous (f.eks.expense, undertaking
) adj. [ ulykkebringende] calamitous, catastrophic(al), fatal (f.eks.influence, effect
) (virke ødeleggende) have a destructive effect (på on) -
60 съсипателен
ruinous(за критика) devastating, scathing* * *съсѝпателен,прил., -на, -но, -ни ruinous; (за критика) devastating, scathing.* * *destroying* * *1. (за критика) devastating, scathing 2. ruinous
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