as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it 
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (RB as) (JJ terrible)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ synergistic) (NN impulse)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBD created) (NP (PRP it)))))))))
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT )) (S (VP (VBD ) (NP (PRP )))))))))