destructive
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From Middle French destructif, from Latin destructivus, from past participle of destruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -ivus.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
destructive (comparative more destructive, superlative most destructive)
- Causing destruction; damaging.
- 2013 February 14, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- After rescuing his estranged daughter in the last film, Live Free Or Die Hard, Willis heads to Russia to rescue his estranged son (Jai Courtney), a CIA agent on a mission to protect a whistleblower (Sebastian Koch) from a corrupt government official (Sergei Kolesnikov) with no shortage of destructive resources at his disposal.
- Causing breakdown or disassembly.
- Catabolism is a destructive metabolism that involves the breakdown of molecules and release of energy.
- (computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.
- Blurring an image is a destructive operation, but rotating an image is not.
Synonyms
- calamitous
- catastrophic
- devastating
- disastrous
- eradicative
- harmful
- pernicious
- ruinous
- wrackful
- wreckful
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Translations
causing destruction; damaging
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causing breakdown
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lossy
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French
Adjective
destructive
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) dēstrūctīve
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