Definitions for: Destructive


[adj] causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"



Webster (1913) Definition: De*struc"tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F.
destructif.]
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.

Time's destructive power. --Wordsworth.

Destructive distillation. See Distillation.

Destructive sorties(Logic), a process of reasoning which
involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent
propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a
species of reductio ad absurdum. --Whately.

Syn: Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant;
baleful; pernicious; mischievous.


De*struc"tive, n.
One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

Synonyms: annihilating, annihilative, blasting, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, caustic, corrosive, crushing, damaging, devastating, erosive, negative, obliterating, obscurant, ravaging, ruinous, soul-destroying, vitriolic, wasteful, withering

Antonyms: constructive

See Also: harmful

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat



Related Resources:
d letter animals
animals starting with x