Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destructive; that wastes or ravages: as, devastative floods.
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Examples
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The Pakistani PM expressed his concerns over the drone attacks in tribal areas and termed them devastative and they may harm the peace efforts in the region as well as the ongoing war on terror.
The updates from the UN Secretary General and Pakistani PM Press briefing from Islamabad 2009
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The Indian game that doesn't enjoy any popular support from any quarter concerned, can only be autocratic and will prove to be devastative to the entire island.
TamilNet Newswire 2009
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The Indian game that doesn't enjoy any popular support from any quarter concerned, can only be autocratic and will prove to be devastative to the entire island.
TamilNet Newswire 2009
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The net result of the Indian game, without enjoying any popular support from any quarter concerned can only be autocratic and will prove to be devastative to the entire island.
TamilNet Newswire 2009
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Yet it was Ofolabi, who came back as a winner after a devastative one-punch candidate for the knockout of the year in the ninth round.
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The net result of the Indian game, without enjoying any popular support from any quarter concerned can only be autocratic and will prove to be devastative to the entire island.
TamilNet Newswire 2009
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"The failure of attracting bidders in the second round will be devastative to the project."
Reuters: Top News 2009
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Other districts, which came under the grip of this devastative flood caused by heavy rains under influence of a depression earlier this week, were Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Gajapati,
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Giving details about damages caused by floods, State Revenue and Disaster Management Secretary G.V.V. Sharma said it was unprecedented and it could no way be termed less devastative than the flood that was witnessed in Bihar due to swelling Koshi River recently.
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Giving details about damages caused by floods, State Revenue and Disaster Management Secretary G.V.V. Sharma said it was unprecedented and it could no way be termed less devastative than the flood that was witnessed in Bihar due to swelling Koshi River recently.
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