Disastrous and Devastative

Disastrous

Disastrous adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Usage example: a disastrous fire from which the town never fully recovered

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

Nearby Word: disaster

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

Disastrous and devastative are semantically related. You can use "Disastrous" instead an adjective "Devastative".
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