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English Dictionary: destructive	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for destructive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
destructive adj causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism" Antonym(s): constructive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Destructive \Destruc"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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Destructive \De*struc"tive\, n. One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.