mutually destructive
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The disconnect between how the two sides envisioned the platform ended up being mutually destructive.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
No one knows for sure, but a complete shutoff is seen as unlikely, because it would be mutually destructive.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2022
This latest round of tit-for-tat levies so clearly demonstrates the mutually destructive nature of transatlantic trade conflict that it may finally prompt both sides to negotiate a permanent settlement.
From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2020
Merkel, a scientist by training who has spent her career dueling with — and often outwitting — alpha-male rivals, has repeatedly pressed her case to Trump that the tariffs would be mutually destructive.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2018
But enmity is mutually destructive, in East Asia and in the Middle East.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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