Definitions
Wiktionary
- adv. In a devastating manner.
Examples
“He had with him one tear-gas grenade — one — which he intended to throw as soon as necessary; he would then use its smoke as a marker to call in devastatingly lethal 40 mm AC-130 gunship fire.”
“An epic ethical horror story, told in devastatingly poignant miniature ....”
Never Let Me Go: Summary and book reviews of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
“Harold had always been looked upon as better-looking and more glamorous than Robert, and Shreya Rao is described as devastatingly beautiful.”
“Well, I did not see the entire thing, but Dinesh's first comment sums up pretty well why I have to seriously doubt that Hitchens was "devastatingly" thumped.”
“And just because the only thing that could make the devastatingly dark Joy Division song "Transmission" any more creepy is if it's performed by Playmobil dolls:”
The Washington Post: Giffords recovery update; Sudan minister shot; Somali pirates release captives
“The festivities took over the entire New York Public Library - cocktail and food stations in almost every room and corner of the building, live bands, caricatures, oysters bars, burlesque dancers dancing in large bird cages, and those grand staircases and devastatingly beautiful reading rooms filled with young New Yorkers dressed for the occasion.”
The Huffington Post: Gastronomista: Manhattan Cocktail Classic Aftermath
“I remember that speech well, and I bet you do too: it was a much-needed call back to arms on what had seemed, at the time, to be a devastatingly and perhaps determinatively bad night.”
“Â We cut to twenty years later, as a devastatingly pretty young girl sits on the shores of her island home, patiently awaiting her father, the Tiger Warrior.”
Review: Immortal Weapons #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
“McIntyre's physical expression of the inequity and the futile scurrying around that Bourne describes was witty and devastatingly efficient.”
The Washington Post: 'FLY: Five First Ladies' hold a posture of maturity and grace
“John Kanas , a New York who now runs BankUnited Inc in Florida, described the Fed's decision as "devastatingly badly news" to small and midsize banks.”
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