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DESTRUCTIVE
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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