destructive (a)

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type a
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def causing destruction or much damage
examples a policy that is destructive to the economy
destructive criticism
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Also see harmful; negative
Derivationally related form destructive → destroy; destructive → destructiveness
Antonym destructive → constructive
Similar to annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering; blasting, ruinous; cataclysmal, cataclysmic; caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant; crushing, devastating; damaging, negative; erosive; iconoclastic; ravaging; soul-destroying; wasteful
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Antonym constructive → destructive
Similar to annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering; blasting, ruinous; cataclysmal, cataclysmic; caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant; crushing, devastating; damaging, negative; erosive; iconoclastic; ravaging; soul-destroying; wasteful
Also see harmful; negative
Derived from adjective destructively → destructive
Derivationally related form destructiveness → destructive; destroy → destructive

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