S: (adj) 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
S: (adj) annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering (wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction) "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
S: (adj) crushing, devastating (physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination) "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"