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destructive

[dih-struhk-tiv] / dɪˈstrʌk tɪv /




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As sometimes destructive protests broke out after police were acquitted, King made his celebrated plea, “Can we all get along?”

From Los Angeles Times

“We have social media that takes the vulnerable and goes after them in destructive ways,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The fears of World War III that arose by the late 1940s weren’t just about the new destructive power of nuclear weapons, but about preventing all of it from ever happening again.

From Salon

People are incidental to Godzilla’s destructive marches through cities or transoceanic swims.

From Salon

The most destructive wildfires in Southern California history.

From Los Angeles Times