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Synonyms for destructive
dɪˈstrʌk tɪvde·struc·tive
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Wiktionary
destructiveadjective
Synonyms:
wreckful, eradicative, pernicious, ruinous, catastrophic, harmful, devastate, wrackful, calamitous, disastrousAntonyms:
nondestructive, constructive, productivedestructiveadjective
Causing destruction; damaging.
Synonyms:
harmful, catastrophic, disastrous, eradicative, ruinous, devastate, pernicious, wrackful, calamitous, wreckfulAntonyms:
nondestructive, constructive, productivedestructiveadjective
Causing break down or disassembly.
Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.
Synonyms:
harmful, wreckful, eradicative, catastrophic, ruinous, disastrous, calamitous, pernicious, wrackful, devastateAntonyms:
productive, nondestructive, constructive
English Synonyms and Antonyms
destructive
Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.
Synonyms:
bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
destructive
Synonyms:
detrimental, hurtful, noxious, injurious, deleterious, baleful, baneful, ruinous, subversiveAntonyms:
wholesome, conservative, preservative, beneficial, reparatory, subsidiary, restorative
Princeton's WordNet
destructiveadjective
causing destruction or much damage
"a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"
Antonyms:
formative, inferential, rehabilitative, constructive, reconstructive, creative, shaping, plastic, structural
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
destructiveadjective
Synonyms:
ruinous, pernicious, deleterious, baleful, mischievous, fatal, deadly
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
destructiveadjective
Synonyms:
ruinous, iconoclastic, vandal, vandalic, internecine, deleterious, pernicious, annihilative
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "destructive":
devastating, disastrous, subversive, damaging, destroyer, disruptive, destroyed, catastrophic, devastated, destruction, harmful, ruinous, detrimental, corrosive
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#841 | bad | |
#3009 | evil | |
#5264 | destruction | |
#6681 | destroyed | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#14517 | damaging | |
#15555 | devastating | |
#18988 | catastrophic | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#20864 | disruptive | |
#21793 | destroyer | |
#22839 | disastrous | |
#24238 | devastated | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#29440 | corrosive | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#36133 | subversive | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#80715 | devastate | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#114245 | baleful | |
#127931 | calamitous | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#264537 | pestilential |
How to use destructive in a sentence?
While this institution has maintained an atmosphere of civility and open debate, far too many campuses across America have become characterized by speech codes, safe spaces, tone policing, administration-sanctioned political correctness -- all of which amounts to the suppression of free speech, these practices are destructive of learning and the pursuit of knowledge.
Tsunamis can be very destructive when they strike densely populated areas, so an historical example should be a wake-up call against complacency.
If any of us hopes to survive, s/he must meet the extremity of the American female condition with immediate and political response. The thoroughly destructive and indefensible subjugation of the majority of Americans cannot continue except at the peril of the entire body politic.
It is demand that must be increased – yes, China must move more quickly to a consumer-based economy but the developed world must play its part by abandoning its destructive emphasis on fiscal austerity, and begin to replace its rapidly decaying infrastructure that has been delayed for decades.
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In each instance, the caller conveyed specific threat information concerning destructive devices and intended acts of violence.
Translations for destructive
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- разрушителенBulgarian
- destructiuCatalan, Valencian
- destruktivní, ničivýCzech
- schädlich, zerstörend, destruktivGerman
- καταστρεπτικός, καταστροφικόςGreek
- destructivoSpanish
- tuhoisaFinnish
- destructifFrench
- urbhadhachIrish
- sgriosail, millteach, sgriosachScottish Gaelic
- הרסניHebrew
- destructiveInterlingua
- distruttivoItalian
- 破壊的Japanese
- perniciosaLatin
- destructieve, destructief, verwoestende, verwoestendDutch
- destrutivoPortuguese
- distructiv, distrugătorRomanian
- разрушительныйRussian
- dȅstruktīvan, rázōran, rùšilačkīSerbo-Croatian
- руйнівнийUkrainian
- تباہ کنUrdu
- 破坏性Chinese
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