Devastative and Detrimental

Devastative

Devastative adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Usage example: that kind of devastative tornado can tear the roof off of a house in a matter of seconds

Detrimental and devastative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Detrimental" instead an adjective "Devastative".

Detrimental

Detrimental adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.

Devastative and detrimental are semantically related. You can use "Devastative" instead an adjective "Detrimental".

Nearby Words: detriment, detrimentally
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