Devastating
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: causing devastation
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
Example sentence: A betrayal in a family is much more devastating than a betrayal among friends, or even lovers.
Withering
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction.Diminishing rapidly.Tending to make someone feel small.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.