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adjective
- 1. causing great and irreparable damage: "the destructive power of weapons" Similar Opposite
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causing, or able to cause, damage: destructive power the destructive power of nuclear weapons. I worry about the destructive effect that violent films may have on children. Lack of trust is very destructive in a relationship. Synonyms. damaging. deleterious formal. detrimental formal. harmful. injurious formal. prejudicial formal. Opposites.
1. : causing destruction : ruinous. destructive storm. 2. : designed or tending to hurt or destroy. destructive criticism. destructively adverb. destructiveness noun. Synonyms. annihilatory. calamitous. cataclysmal. cataclysmic. devastating. devastative. disastrous. ruinous. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Destructive definition: tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to). See examples of DESTRUCTIVE used in a sentence.
Something is destructive when it really messes things up. The word destructive comes from the Latin destruere which means literally to unbuild. In addition to describing a storm or battle, the word can be used for the things people say as well as do.
Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury. ...the awesome destructive power of nuclear weapons. Guilt can be very destructive. Synonyms: devastating, fatal, deadly, lethal More Synonyms of destructive. destructiveness uncountable noun.
causing, or able to cause, damage: destructive power the destructive power of nuclear weapons. I worry about the destructive effect that violent movies may have on children. Lack of trust is very destructive in a relationship. Synonyms. damaging. deleterious formal. detrimental formal. harmful. injurious formal. prejudicial formal. Opposites.
adj. 1. Causing or wreaking destruction; ruinous: a destructive act; a policy that is destructive to the economy. 2. Designed or tending to disprove or discredit: destructive criticism. de·struc′tive·ly adv. de·struc′tive·ness, de′struc·tiv′i·ty (dē′strŭk-tĭv′ĭ-tē) n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of destructive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
destructive meaning, definition, what is destructive: causing damage to people or things: Learn more.
Causing or producing destruction; destroying. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Merely negative; not helpful. Destructive criticism. Webster's New World. Synonyms: truculent. shattering. pestilent. iconoclastic. discredit. annihilative. cataclysmic. poisonous. noxious. internecine. detrimental. wasteful. vicious. vandalic. Antonyms:
