destructively
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They can eat a quarter of their body weight in vegetation, burrow destructively and ravage waterways and ecosystems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
To enable direct sound suppression, the researchers use a silk fabric loudspeaker to emit sound waves that destructively interfere with unwanted sound waves.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
Then we would be on a destructively different planet in a fashion that might seem almost unimaginable today.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2024
Mr Welby said: "Democratic elections are, effectively, reconciled civil war. Reconciliation is about the process in which we can differ hugely, but not destructively."
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2023
Neither Port Royal nor the Society of Jesus would thank him for his disinterested support, but he defends them, alternately and destructively, with an immense fund of vivacity.
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
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