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
Pernicious and devastative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pernicious" instead an adjective "Devastative".
Pernicious
Pernicious adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Devastative and pernicious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastative" instead an adjective "Pernicious".
Nearby Word: perniciously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mortal and devastative
- mortal and pernicious
- baleful and devastative
- baleful and pernicious
- disastrous and devastative
- disastrous and pernicious
- calamitous and devastative
- calamitous and pernicious
- poisonous and devastative
- poisonous and pernicious
- fell and devastative
- fell and pernicious
- deadly and devastative
- deadly and pernicious
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