DESTRUCTIVE

destructive

(adjective) causing destruction or much damage; “a policy that is destructive to the economy”; “destructive criticism”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

destructive (comparative more destructive, superlative most destructive)

Causing destruction; damaging.

Causing breakdown or disassembly.

(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

Synonyms

• calamitous

• catastrophic

• devastating

• disastrous

• eradicative

• harmful

• pernicious

• ruinous

• wrackful

• wreckful

Antonyms

• constructive

• nondestructive

• productive

Source: Wiktionary

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De*struc"tive, a. Etym: [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.]

Definition: 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. Destructive distillation. See Distillation.

– Destructive sorties ( (Logic), a process of reasoning which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a species of reductio ad absurdum. Whately.

Syn.

– Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant; baleful; pernicious; mischievous.

De*struc"tive, n.

Definition: One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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