withervi.枯萎,干枯;凋谢vt.以鄙视等态度慑服某人;使枯萎,使凋谢,使衰弱
"possessing annihilative power""a devastating hurricane""the guns opened a withering fire"
"afire with annihilating invective""a devastating portrait of human folly""to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"