Definition of destructive Destructive
/dɪstɹʌˈktɪv/ - [distruktiv] - de•struc•tive
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| destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism" | ||
| constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission" | ||
| harmful causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" | ||
| negative expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial | ||
| annihilative, annihilating, withering, devastating wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" | ||
| blasting, ruinous causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war" | ||
| cataclysmal, cataclysmic severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake" | ||
| caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | ||
| crushing, devastating physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" | ||
| damaging, negative designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" | ||
| erosive wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline" | ||
| iconoclastic destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited | ||
| ravaging ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness" | ||
| soul-destroying destructive to the spirit or soul; "soul-destroying labor" | ||
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- destructive (Adjective)
Causing destruction; damaging. - destructive (Adjective)
Causing break down or disassembly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- destructive (a.)
Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth. - destructive (n.)
One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
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Causing or able to cause destruction.
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