withering

Examples

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• The French launch frontal attacks into withering fire and suffer hundreds of casualties.

• So he's going to be trying to cross this chasm in between us through withering gunfire and try to start shooting into my ranks.

• The French launch frontal attacks into withering fire and suffer hundreds of casualties.

• Grenintel then launched a withering barrage of personal attacks on Lens.

• Their work gets treated too politely so they don't hear a really withering critique of their work.

• The siege of Kandex had begun while Byzantine catapults showered the Muslim battlements with a withering hail of boulders.

• The critics gave a withering assessment of the play, highlighting its many flaws and disappointments.

• She received a withering response to her proposal, which left her feeling demoralized and defeated.

• Their withering comments about the project made it clear they had no confidence in its success.

Synonyms

D

devastating

vswithering

224 5.1

Causing very great damage or sadness

emphasizes overwhelming physical force and great destructive power

A

annihilating

vswithering

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7.8

Something that causes complete destruction or total defeat

means severe damage but not necessarily total or absolute destruction

A

annihilative

vswithering

9.9

Something that destroys completely, like a powerful bomb

describes actual great damage or overwhelming destructive effect

Antonyms

S

supportive

348 2.8

Willing to give help or comfort when someone needs it

How Devastating

catastrophic

144 7.0

withering

7.4

destructive

243 4.2

damaging

80 3.1

harmful

161 2.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology