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destructive
Overview of adj destructive
The adj destructive has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) destructive -- (causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism")
Grep of noun destructive
destructive distillation
destructive metabolism
destructiveness
Antonyms of adj destructive
1 sense of destructive
Sense 1
destructive (vs. constructive)
constructive (vs. destructive)
=> creative
=> formative, shaping, plastic
=> formative
=> inferential
=> reconstructive, rehabilitative
=> structural
Similarity of adj destructive
1 sense of destructive
Sense 1
destructive (vs. constructive)
=> annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering
=> blasting, ruinous
=> cataclysmal, cataclysmic
=> caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant
=> crushing, devastating
=> damaging, negative
=> erosive
=> iconoclastic
=> ravaging
=> soul-destroying
=> wasteful
Also See> harmful#3; negative#1
Pertainyms of adj destructive
Attributes of adj destructive
Domain of adj destructive
Domain Terms of adj destructive
Familiarity of adj destructive
destructive used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj destructive
destructive
destructive-metabolic
self-destructive
Grep of adv destructive
destructively
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