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Webster 1913 Edition
Destructive
De-struc′tive
,Adj.
[L.
destructivus
: cf. F. destructif
.] 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.Time’s
destructive
power. Wordsworth.
Syn. – Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant; baleful; pernicious; mischievous.
De-struc′tive
,Noun.
One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
Webster 1828 Edition
Destructive
DESTRUCTIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
destructive
destructive
English
Adjective
destructive (comparative more destructive, superlative most destructive)
- Causing destruction; damaging.
- 2013 February 14, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard”, in The Onion AV Club:
- After rescuing his estranged daughter in the last film, Live Free Or Die Hard, Willis heads to Russia to rescue his estranged son (Jai Courtney), a CIA agent on a mission to protect a whistleblower (Sebastian Koch) from a corrupt government official (Sergei Kolesnikov) with no shortage of destructive resources at his disposal.
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- Causing breakdown or disassembly.
- Catabolism is a destructive metabolism that involves the breakdown of molecules and release of energy.
- (computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.
- Blurring an image is a destructive operation, but rotating an image is not.
Synonyms
- calamitous
- catastrophic
- devastating
- disastrous
- eradicative
- harmful
- pernicious
- ruinous
- wrackful
- wreckful
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
causing destruction; damaging
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lossy
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