Found 3 items, similar to Destructive.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: destructive
bersifat merusak, destruktif
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: destructive
destructive
adj : causing destruction or much damage;
“a policy that is
destructive to the economy”;
“destructive criticism”
[ant:
constructive]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Destructive
Destructive
\De*struc"tive\, n.
One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
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Destructive
\De*struc"tive\, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F.
destructif.]
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.
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Time's destructive power. --Wordsworth.
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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.
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