destructive
adjective /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/
/dɪˈstrʌktɪv/
Word Family
- destroy verb
- destroyer noun
- destruction noun
- destructive adjective
- indestructible adjective
- causing destruction or damage
- The war demonstrated the destructive power of modern weapons.
- the destructive effects of anxiety
- Opencast coal mining is among the most environmentally destructive activities carried out in Wales.
Extra Examples- It was a very short-sighted and ultimately destructive plan.
- These substances can be destructive to health.
- downright destructive behaviour
- environmentally destructive policies
- potentially destructive emotions
- People have to learn how to handle destructive emotions like anger.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- of
- to
- negative or not helpful
- destructive behaviour/impulses/tendencies
- destructive emotions that fuel anger and self-pity
- They don't think about how damaging and destructive their words are.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: via Old French from late Latin destructivus, from Latin destruct- ‘destroyed’, from the verb destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere ‘build’.