noun
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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adjective
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
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- possessing annihilative power
- a devastating hurricane
- the guns opened a withering fire
adjective
making light of
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- afire with annihilating invective
- a devastating portrait of human folly
- to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture
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- The fruit dried and shriveled
verb
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
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- Her bloom was fading