Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devastative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dev-as-ta-tive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

From devastate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more devastative (comparative) most devastative (superlative)

Questions

What does devastative mean?
devastating; highly destructive
Where does devastative come from?
From devastate + -ive.

How to pronounce devastative

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