devastador
deadly ; hammer-blow ; desolating ; devastating ; crippling ; shattering ; overwhelming.
Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
de un modo devastador
devastatingly
The problems of cutbacks in public spending has risen devastatingly in education.
experiencia devastadora
shattering experience
Your kids need to be able to turn to you for whatever stability you can provide after these shattering experiences.
revés devastador
shattering blow
The death of a loved one, no matter when and how it happens, is one of life's most shattering blows.