1. (

• lay_waste_to ,
• waste ,
• devastate ,
• desolate ,
• ravage ,
• scourge ,

) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" ;

2. (

• devastate ,

) overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died" ;

1. (

• annihilating ,
• devastating ,
• withering

) making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert ;

2. (

• annihilative ,
• annihilating ,
• devastating ,
• withering

) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" ;

3. (

• crushing ,
• devastating

) physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" ;