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destructive


 
  Grep  of  noun  destructive 
  destructive  distillation 
  destructive  metabolism 
  destructiveness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  destructive 
 
  The  adj  destructive  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  destructive  --  (causing  destruction  or  much  damage;  "a  policy  that  is  destructive  to  the  economy";  "destructive  criticism") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  destructive 
 
  1  sense  of  destructive 
 
  Sense  1 
  destructive  (vs.  constructive) 
 
  constructive  (vs.  destructive) 
  =>  creative 
  =>  formative,  shaping 
  =>  formative 
  =>  inferential 
  =>  reconstructive,  rehabilitative 
  =>  structural 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  destructive 
 
  1  sense  of  destructive 
 
  Sense  1 
  destructive  (vs.  constructive) 
  =>  annihilative,  annihilating,  devastating,  withering 
  =>  blasting,  ruinous 
  =>  cataclysmal,  cataclysmic 
  =>  caustic,  corrosive,  erosive,  vitriolic 
  =>  crushing,  devastating 
  =>  damaging,  negative 
  =>  erosive 
  =>  obliterating,  obscurant 
  =>  ravaging 
  =>  soul-destroying 
  =>  wasteful 
  Also  See->  harmful#3;  negative#1 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  destructive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  destructive 
 
  destructive  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  destructive 
  destructive 
  destructive-metabolic 
  self-destructive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  destructive 
 
  The  adj  destructive  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  destructive  --  (causing  destruction  or  much  damage;  "a  policy  that  is  destructive  to  the  economy";  "destructive  criticism") 



destructive definition