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destructiveness Definition


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destructive
adj
    1. Causing destruction or serious damage.
      Thesaurus: catastrophic, cataclysmic, pernicious, vicious, ruinous, deleterious, lethal, noxious; Antonym: harmless.
    2. Said of criticism, etc: pointing out faults, etc without suggesting improvements.
      Thesaurus: damaging, negative, adverse, hostile, injurious; Antonym: positive, constructive.
Derivative: destructively
adverb
    Derivative: destructiveness
    noun
      Etymology: 15c.



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