Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "destructive" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

constructive constructive nondestructive productive

Derived Terms

angiodestructive antidestructive autodestructive cyclodestructive cytodestructive destructive backspace destructive criticism destructive distillation destructive interference destructive read destructive sorites destructively destructiveness destructivism destructivist destructivity hyperdestructive immunodestructive indestructive interdestructive macrodestructive neurodestructive non-destructive read nondestructive omnidestructive overdestructive self-destructive semidestructive superdestructive ultradestructive undestructive

Derived From

destruction

Context

computing

Related Terms

breakdown change damage destroy destroyer destruction disassembly harmful irreversible lossy negative

Similar Terms

annihilating annihilating annihilative blasting blasting cataclysmal cataclysmal cataclysmic caustic corrosive crushing damaging damaging devastating devastating erosive erosive harmful iconoclastic iconoclastic mordant negative ravaging ravaging ruinous soul destroying soul-destroying vitriolic vitriolic wasteful wasteful withering

Synonym Network

calamitous catastrophic devastate disastrous eradicative harmful pernicious ruinous wrackful wreckful

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