destructive
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"Destructive winds and storm surge and catastrophic flooding will worsen on Jamaica through the day and into tonight."
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
Destructive number eight Aseza Hele has been the Springbok Women's standout performer, bagging four tries in the opening two games.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
Destructive behavior, he concluded, is discouraged by a sense of community and a feeling of social disapproval.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024
"Destructive human activities, like seafloor dredging, which razes entire marine communities, have turned seafloors into structurally simplified habitats with little settlement substrata or localised adult oysters to seed recovery," says Dr McAfee.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
Destructive Earthquakes from 1800 to 1899 Compared with Sunspots 289 8.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
Vocabulary lists containing destructive
Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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George's Key to the Universe, Lessons 1–5
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