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1. destructive
adjective. ['dɪˈstrʌktɪv'] causing destruction or much damage.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- destructivus (Latin)
Rhymes with Destructive
- superconductive
- reconstructive
- photoconductive
- nonproductive
- unproductive
- reproductive
- constructive
- obstructive
- instructive
- conductive
- seductive
- productive
How do you pronounce destructive?
Pronounce destructive as dɪˈstrəktɪv.
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How do you spell destructive? Is it distructive ?
A common misspelling of destructive is distructive
Sentences with destructive
1. Adjective
It is important to establish the cause of the destructive behavior in order to treat it properly.
Quotes about destructive
1. A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.
- Henri Nouwen
2. Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.
- Gary Ryan Blair
3. Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.
- Dan Brown, Inferno
2. self-destructive
adjective. dangerous to yourself or your interests.
Antonyms
Etymology
- destructive (English)
- destructivus (Latin)
- self- (English)