Dictionary

destructive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈstɹɐktɪv/ (Australia)
• /dəˈstɹɐktəv/ (New-Zealand)
• /dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈstɹʊktɪv/ (Ireland, Northern-England) without the foot-strut split

Etymology

From Middle English destructyve, from Middle French destructif, from Latin dēstrūctīvus, from past participle of dēstruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -īvus.

Meanings

1. Causing destruction; damaging.
   • After rescuing his estranged daughter in the last film, Live Free Or Die Hard, Willis heads to Russia to rescue his estranged son (Jai Courtney), a CIA agent on a mission to protect a whistleblower (Sebastian Koch) from a corrupt government official (Sergei Kolesnikov) with no shortage of destructive resources at his disposal. 2013 February 14, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard”, in The Onion AV Club:
   • The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive. 1980 August 30, David Rothenberg, “A New York State of Confusion”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 5:
2. Causing breakdown or disassembly.
   • Catabolism is a destructive metabolism that involves the breakdown of molecules and release of energy.
3. Lossy; causing irreversible change.
   • Blurring an image is a destructive operation, but rotating an image is not.

Forms

Antonyms

nondestructive · constructive · non-destructive · productive

Deriveds

autodestructive · cyclodestructive · self-destructive · superdestructive · destructiveness · macrodestructive · overdestructive · non-destructive read · destructive distillation · destructivist · destructive backspace · ultradestructive · destructively · indestructive · semidestructive · hyperdestructive · interdestructive · destructive read · cytodestructive · destructive interference · destructive sorites · immunodestructive · destructivism · angiodestructive · destructive criticism · neurodestructive · antidestructive · nondestructive · omnidestructive · destructivity · undestructive

Synonyms

harmful · ruinous · eradicative · pernicious · catastrophic · wrackful · wreckful · calamitous · devastating · disastrous

Translations (76)

sv destruktiv (causing destruction; damaging) · sh rázōran (causing destruction; damaging) · sh rùšilačkī (causing destruction; damaging) · nl destructieve (causing destruction; damaging) · cmn 損失性的 /损失性的 (lossy) · uk деструктивний (causing destruction; damaging) · pt destrutivo (causing destruction; damaging) · nl verwoestende (causing destruction; damaging) · uk руйнівний (causing destruction; damaging) · sh dȅstruktīvan (causing destruction; damaging) · fa مخرب (causing destruction; damaging) · grc δηλητήριος (causing destruction; damaging) · nl destructief (causing destruction; damaging) · la exitiābilis (causing destruction; damaging) · hi नाशक (causing breakdown) · de destruktiv (causing destruction; damaging) · hy կործանիչ (causing destruction; damaging) · gd millteach (causing destruction; damaging) · ru разруши́тельный (causing destruction; damaging) · tr tahripkâr (causing destruction; damaging) · tl mapangwasak (causing destruction; damaging) · gd sgriosail (causing destruction; damaging) · ja 破壊的な (causing destruction; damaging) · de zerstörend (causing destruction; damaging) · sh ру̀шилачкӣ (causing destruction; damaging) · gd sgriosach (causing destruction; damaging) · ga sladach (causing destruction; damaging) · hi नाशक (causing destruction; damaging) · sa हिंस्र (causing destruction; damaging) · fi peruuttamaton (lossy) · cs ničivý (causing destruction; damaging) · grc ὀλοός (causing destruction; damaging) · ga arganach (causing destruction; damaging) · es destructivo (causing destruction; damaging) · fi hajottava (causing breakdown) · hi हानिकारक (causing destruction; damaging) · pl destrukcyjny (causing destruction; damaging) · la destructivus (causing destruction; damaging) · hu kártékony (causing destruction; damaging) · fi destruktiivinen (causing destruction; damaging) · vi huỷ diệt (causing destruction; damaging) · el αφανιστικός (causing destruction; damaging) · it distruttivo (causing destruction; damaging) · sv destruktiv (causing breakdown) · da destruktiv (causing destruction; damaging) · el καταστρεπτικός (causing destruction; damaging) · hy կործանարար (causing destruction; damaging) · sh де̏структӣван (causing destruction; damaging) · la exitiosus (causing destruction; damaging) · hu destruktív (causing destruction; damaging) · hi घातक (causing destruction; damaging) · ga urbhadhach (causing destruction; damaging) · el καταλυτικός (causing breakdown) · fr destructif (causing destruction; damaging) · cs destruktivní (causing destruction; damaging) · fi destruktiivinen (lossy) · vi phá hoại (causing destruction; damaging) · ca destructiu (causing destruction; damaging) · de schädlich (causing destruction; damaging) · cmn 解體性的 /解体性的 (causing breakdown) · tr yıkıcı (causing destruction; damaging) · grc ὀλέθριος (causing destruction; damaging) · he הרסני (causing destruction; damaging) · el καταστροφικός (causing destruction; damaging) · sh ра́зо̄ран (causing destruction; damaging) · hu pusztító (causing destruction; damaging) · fi tuhoisa (causing destruction; damaging) · sga bráthamail (causing destruction; damaging) · ro distructiv (causing destruction; damaging) · bg разрушителен (causing destruction; damaging) · ko 파괴적 (causing destruction; damaging) · tl mapanira (causing destruction; damaging) · nl verwoestend (causing destruction; damaging) · cmn 破壞性的 /破坏性的 (causing destruction; damaging) · ro distrugător (causing destruction; damaging) · ia destructive (causing destruction; damaging)