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Webster 1913 Edition
Destructive
De-struc′tive
,Adj.
[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.
Syn. – Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant; baleful; pernicious; mischievous.
De-struc′tive
,Noun.
One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
Webster 1828 Edition
Destructive
DESTRUCTIVE
,Adj.