Devastating
Devastating adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Spectacular and devastating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spectacular" instead an adjective "Devastating".
Spectacular
Spectacular adjective - Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.
Devastating and spectacular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastating" instead an adjective "Spectacular".
Nearby Word: spectacle
Both words in one sentence
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The Unicorn's is arguably the most spectacular and devastating, whilst the Acguy's is definitely the least dignified.
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Orks basically run on this trope, with nearly everything spectacular and devastating in their arsenal having a small chance (correlating positively with their power) of some sort of absurd Critical Failure.
Source: Critical Failure - In one spectacular MMA bout, fighter Pete Sell landed a powerful, devastating body shot to opponent Scott Smith's liver.
Source: Thwarted Coup de Grâce
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