Used in a Sentence

destructive

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for destructive.

Editorial note

This obsession with equalizing employment number in all spheres is a bizarre (and destructive) fashion of our age.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Causing destruction; damaging.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of destructive gathered in one view.

adjective

Causing destruction; damaging.

adjective

Causing breakdown or disassembly.

adjective

(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for destructive.

Example sentences

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This obsession with equalizing employment number in all spheres is a bizarre (and destructive) fashion of our age.

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In my book, SJWs are by far much more evil and destructive than anyone from my list.

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Militaries now command destructive power that better approximates what is required to accomplish a goal, enabled by technological improvements (i.e.

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In the long run, it's a destructive force of the market, but it's the way nearly all publicly-held companies go eventually.

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And this, everyone, is why using pay-per-view or pay-per-click ads online is so destructive.

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Accordingly, I think it may be destructive for children to spend too much time with these devices.

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Even things that are destructive can be enhanced by the rigors of design.

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And for those who see only (2), Sillicon Valley, with all the good intentions, might just be the most destructive place in the world.

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Finding out one's been lied to is also pretty destructive of feelings...

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Any kind of external support would have made them much more destructive.

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Not everything that is wrong or destructive is coded into law.

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It can provide a policy balance to destructive commercial self-interest.

Quote examples

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Especially when it comes to work, our culture sees it as "more normal" to bottle up your emotions at work and act them out in self-destructive ways at home.

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Like, if a human meerely intends "to grab on anything they can to get out of the [human]-pile", & they're quite rude/destructive while doing so, they're still rude/destructive regardless of how sympathetic we may judge their intentions to be.

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I am a feminist and a radical; I see nothing wrong with connecting the logic of a rapist ("consent is not important") to OP's comment and denigrating this destructive attitude wherever I find it.

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> I see nothing wrong with connecting the logic of a rapist ("consent is not important") to OP's comment and denigrating this destructive attitude wherever I find it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use destructive in a sentence?

This obsession with equalizing employment number in all spheres is a bizarre (and destructive) fashion of our age.

What does destructive mean?

Causing destruction; damaging.

What part of speech is destructive?

destructive is commonly used as adjective.