destructive

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/dɪˈstɹʊktɪv/ English

Definitions

adjective

Causing destruction; damaging.
Causing breakdown or disassembly.“Catabolism is a destructive metabolism that involves the breakdown of molecules and release of energy.”
Lossy; causing irreversible change.“Blurring an image is a destructive operation, but rotating an image is not.”

Related words

Synonyms

calamitous catastrophic devastating disastrous eradicative harmful pernicious ruinous wrackful wreckful withering ravaging damaging annihilative soul-destroying wasteful cataclysmal cataclysmic

Antonyms

constructive nondestructive productive

Associated

distillation tornadoes constructive interference tornado rampage pests tendencies floods pest tsunami earthquake

Rhymes

seductive constructive productive fictive instructive counterproductive unproductive obstructive reconstructive deductive

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