how to pronounce devastating
/ˈdɛvəsˌtɛɪtɪŋ/
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devastating is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of devastating in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… yet another devastating health crisis …”
meanings of devastating
adjective:
- Causing devastation.
verb:
- Present participle of devastate.
devastating frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR
the word devastating occurs in english on average 10.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics devastating can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that devastating can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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