destructive

Speech parts

1. destructive - Noun

2. destructive - Adjective

Meaning

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.

One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pernicious ruinous fatal harmful devastating disastrous deadly mortal catastrophic poisonous malignant mischievous baleful calamitous savage

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Antonyms

constructive productive white good great building

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Phrases with the word

destructive force mutually destructive destructive cycle destructive eating habits destructive to bacteria destructive action

Examples

I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. Stephen Hawking

I believe that the fundamental alternative for man is the choice between "life" and "death"; between creativity and destructive violence; between reality and illusions; between objectivity and intolerance; between brotherhood-independence and dominance-submission. Erich Fromm

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. Theodore Roosevelt

The most destructive criticism is indifference. American Proverb

Great anger is more destructive than the sword. Hindi Proverb

Great anger is more destructive than the sword. Asian-indian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

destructional destructionism destructionist destructive action destructive backspace destructive beetle