destructive
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The first two brought huge and destructive amounts of precipitation to the Golden State.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
But Timothy Burbery of Marshall University believes Dante may have been imagining something much more physical and destructive.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Muir was a key player for John Mitchell's side throughout the World Cup with her destructive ball-carrying and scrummaging.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Two enormously destructive bombing campaigns in eight months altered Iran’s calculations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Others sensed turbulence approaching and took detours around destructive winds.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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