destructive
Example Sentences
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The best horror villains are not only terrifying but complicated, their destructive persona hiding a far more vulnerable being underneath.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
His father, the old radical, responds: “There is something good about being in the crowd, about being comrades, shoulder to shoulder with others. And I think there is also something absolutely destructive about it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Leo has denounced the race for AI in the military field, saying that "delegating decisions concerning the life and death of human beings to machines" is a "destructive spiral".
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
They bring a range of severe weather impacts including destructive winds, torrential flooding rainfall, and storm surges which can inundate coastal areas.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
I did so because I agree with historian Diane McWhorter that “to sanitize the language of segregation is to mute its destructive force.”
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing destructive
Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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Ocean Storm Alert!
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George's Key to the Universe, Lessons 1–5
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