Devastating Losses: Honoring The Lives That Shaped Our Jackson Community

DEVASTATING meaning: 1. causing a lot of damage or destruction: 2. making someone very shocked and upset: 3. used to…. Learn more.

DEVASTATING meaning: 1 : causing great damage or harm often + to; 2 : causing extreme emotional pain

If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.

The meaning of DEVASTATING is causing great damage or harm. How to use devastating in a sentence.

Definition of devastating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

extremely effective in a destructive way: a devastating war; a devastating report on urban deprivation.

DEVASTATING definition: tending or threatening to devastate. See examples of devastating used in a sentence.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 dev•as•tat•ing (dev′ ə stā′ting), adj. tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire. satirical, ironic, or caustic in an …