destructive
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Prolonged confinement can lead animals to pacing, destructive behavior, anxiety, and make it harder to adopt them out, which ultimately could lead to them being euthanized by shelters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
They hauled themselves back into it with a little glimpse of quality, but then fell back into destructive ways.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Especially when the proposed fix would be so economically destructive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In other words, we have a larger, more destructive array of cyberattack tools.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
This destructive effect, known since 1948, was at first believed to be confined to dogs, because it was not revealed in such experimental animals as monkeys, rats, or rabbits.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing destructive
Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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