destructive
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And if our corporate law is actually outdated and destructive tech, maybe we should update it.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Researchers must also navigate rapidly changing ethical standards surrounding destructive sampling of human remains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
These scenes take place in Bohemia, which represents the moral and spiritual opposite of Sicilia; it’s a place where joyful anarchy and freedom replace the oppressive and destructive rigidities of the corrupted Sicilia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Against Somerset, whose XI also featured spinner Archie Vaughan, son of former England captain Michael, Flintoff was particularly destructive in hitting sixes over straight mid-wicket in a fashion reminiscent of his father.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
McCoy really was helping her with some strange destructive plan to make Celia the queen of the school.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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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