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61destructive — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unfavorable] Syn. adverse, negative, not constructive; see unfavorable 2 . 2. [Destroying] Syn. ruinous, noxious, baneful, pestiferous, noisome, cancerous, fatal, deleterious, pestilential, catastrophic, calamitous,… …
62destructive — de struc·tive || tɪv adj. ruinous, tending to destroy …
63destructive — a. 1. Ruinous, pernicious, deleterious, baleful, mischievous, fatal, deadly. 2. [With of.] Extirpative, eradicative, annihilatory …
64destructive — adj 1. ruinous, disastrous, dire, dreadful, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic; devastating, wasting, ravaging; disruptive, troublesome, distracting, obstreperous, unruly, subversive; annihila tive, eradicative, extirpative, incendiary,… …
65destructive — de·struc·tive …
66destructive — adjective Syn: devastating, ruinous, damaging, harmful, detrimental, injurious, hurtful, deleterious …
67destructive — [dɪˈstrʌktɪv] adj causing severe damage or harm …
68destructive distillation — noun Date: circa 1831 decomposition of a substance (as wood, coal, or oil) by heat in a closed container and collection of the volatile products produced …
69destructive sampling — removal or part or all of a museum specimen for some form of analysis (e.g. molecular work, toxicology) which gives results but destroys the sample …
70destructive distillation — Chem. the decomposition of a substance, as wood or coal, by heating with a minimal exposure to air, and the collection of the volatile products formed. [1825 35] * * * …