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English adjective: destructive

1. destructive causing destruction or much damage


SamplesA policy that is destructive to the economy.
Destructive criticism.


Similarannihilating, annihilative, blasting, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, caustic, corrosive, crushing, damaging, devastating, devastating, erosive, erosive, iconoclastic, mordant, negative, ravaging, ruinous, soul-destroying, vitriolic, wasteful, withering


See alsoharmful, negative


Antonymsconstructive









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