hardest-hitting
Delivering strongest blows
Hardest-hitting describes whatever delivers the greatest impact or force.
A boxer known as the hardest-hitting in his division has exceptional knockout power.
The term extends to journalism, criticism, or arguments: the hardest-hitting investigative report of the year.
Something hardest-hitting confronts its subject with maximum directness and effect.
Causing intense emotional anguish
- heartbreakingCausing intense emotional anguish
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
- searingBrowning with intense heat
raw · unforgettable · moving · visceral · harrowing · tear-jerking · sobering · profound
Having great strength
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
forceful · knockout · thunderous · bone-crushing · jarring · concussive · slamming · pounding
Powerful baseball batter
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- tackleGear or takedown
- sackRough fabric bag
- collisionForceful contact between objects
linebacker · heavyweight · puncher · check · bodycheck · enforcer · brawler · haymaker
Investigative journalism piece
- investigativeDevoted to examination
- damningProving guilt conclusively
- scathingSeverely and bitingly critical
- unflinchingRefusing to show fear
documentary · editorial · indictment · revelation · muckraking · whistleblower · incriminating · unsparing
gut-wrenching
Causing intense emotional anguish
- heartbreakingCausing intense emotional anguish
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
searing · raw · unforgettable · moving · visceral · harrowing · tear-jerking · sobering · profound · piercing
powerful
Having great strength
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- punishingExtremely taxing or severe
brutal · forceful · knockout · thunderous · bone-crushing · jarring · concussive · slamming · pounding · smashing
slugger
Powerful baseball batter
collision · linebacker · heavyweight · puncher · check · bodycheck · enforcer · brawler · haymaker · uppercut
exposé
Investigative journalism piece
- investigativeDevoted to examination
- damningProving guilt conclusively
- scathingSeverely and bitingly critical
unflinching · documentary · editorial · indictment · revelation · muckraking · whistleblower · incriminating · unsparing · headline