withering
-
(s) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
- possessing annihilative power
- a devastating hurricane
- the guns opened a withering fire
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(s) making light of
- afire with annihilating invective
- a devastating portrait of human folly
- to compliments inflated I've a withering reply - W.S.Gilbert
Nouns
- (n) any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use) atrophy,