Definitions
Causing serious damage or harm.
Word origin
From Middle English destructyve, from Middle French destructif, from Latin dēstrūctīvus, from past participle of dēstruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -īvus.
Used in a sentence
“The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive.”
“Catabolism is a destructive metabolism that involves the breakdown of molecules and release of energy.”
“Blurring an image is a destructive operation, but rotating an image is not.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Highly damaging”11 letters
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