devastatingly
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dev·as·tate
(dĕv′ə-stāt′)tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.
2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
[Latin dēvāstāre, dēvāstāt- : dē-, de- + vāstāre, to lay waste (from vāstus, empty, desolate; see euə- in Indo-European roots).]
dev′as·tat′ing·ly adv.
dev′as·ta′tion n.
dev′as·ta′tor n.
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Translations
devastatingly
[ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋlɪ] ADV [beautiful] → irresistiblemente; [effective, successful, funny] → tremendamentea devastatingly attractive woman → una mujer de un atractivo irresistible
a devastatingly simple solution → una solución terriblemente simple
these missiles are devastatingly accurate → estos misiles tienen una precisión devastadora
she demolished his arguments briefly and devastatingly → destruyó sus argumentos de forma lacónica y aplastante
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
devastatingly
adv (lit) → vernichtend; (fig) attractive, effective, witty, funny → umwerfend (inf); accurate, frank → verheerend; the author demolished these arguments devastatingly → der Autor machte diese Argumente total zunichte
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
devastatingly
[ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋlɪ] adv (beautiful, funny) → da morire, irresistibilmente; (critical, scornful) → terribilmenteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995