devastating

making light of

• “afire with annihilating invective”
• “a devastating portrait of human folly”
• “to compliments inflated I”

wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

• “possessing annihilative power”
• “a devastating hurricane”
• “the guns opened a withering fire”

physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

• “a crushing blow”
• “a crushing rejection”
• “bone-crushing”