destructive

Definition of destructive in English English dictionary: Causing destruction; damaging; Causing break down or disassembly
Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.; {a} that destroys, wasteful, ruinous; destroying; causing damage; String#chop!, Array#concat Method such as String#chop and Array#concat is said "It has destructive action", since they change the state of the receiver, though the hardware is seldom put out of order; (~ function) Capable of modifying its arguments; One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist; Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury. the awesome destructive power of nuclear weapons + destructiveness de·struc·tive·ness the size of armies and the destructiveness of their weapons. + destructively de·struc·tive·ly Power can be used creatively or destructively. causing damage to people or things destroy; {s} ruinous, tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism; causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"; adj (of an operator) capable of modifying some program-visible aspect of one or more objects that are either explicit arguments to the operator or that can be obtained directly or indirectly from the global environment by the operator; Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth
destructive criticism: Criticism performed with the intention to harm someone, derogate and destroy someone’s creation, prestige, reputation and self-esteem
destructive distillation: The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way
destructive distillation: A process by which organic substances such as wood, coal, and oil shale are decomposed by heat in the absence of air and distilled to produce useful products such as coke, charcoal, oils, and gases
destructive distillation: dry distillation, decomposition or destruction of organic substances by means of heat and an absence of air (produces products such as coke, charcoal, oils and gases)
destructive distillation: heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products
destructive fire: fire intended to eliminate an enemy and destroy their military resources
destructive-metabolic(a): of or relating to catabolism
destruct: To intentionally cause the destruction of
destruct: To self-destruct
destructively: in a destructive manner: in a way that causes destruction
self-destructive: That causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests
destructively: {a} ruinously, mischieveously
non-destructive testing: (Mühendislik) Nondestructive testing (NDT), also called nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and nondestructive inspection (NDI), is testing that does not destroy the test object. NDE is vital for constructing and maintaining all types of components and structures. To detect different defects such as cracking and corrosion, there are different methods of testing available, such as X-ray (where cracks show up on the film) and ultrasound (where cracks show up as an echo blip on the screen). This article is aimed mainly at industrial NDT, but many of the methods described here can be used to test the human body. In fact methods from the medical field have often been adapted for industrial use, as was the case with Phased array ultrasonics and Computed radiography
destruct: Cause the destruction of
destruct: {f} destroy, annihilate, ruin
destruct: To destroy
destruct: {i} destruction; intentional destruction through the explosion of missiles or rockets
destruct: destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons
destruct: destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
destruct: {s} serving to destroy or ruin
destruct: do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
destructively: in a destructive manner, in a ruinous manner
destructively: in a destructive manner; "he is destructively aggressive
destructively: in a destructive manner; "he is destructively aggressive"
destructively: In a destructive manner
destructively: blightingly
destructiveness: The state or quality of being destructive
destructiveness: the quality of causing destruction
destructiveness: {i} ruinousness, harmfulness, deadliness
destructiveness: The quality of destroying or ruining
destructiveness: The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy
self destructive behavior: behaving in a manner that harms oneself
self-destructive: Self-destructive behaviour is harmful to the person who behaves in that way. He had a reckless, self-destructive streak. deliberately doing things that are likely to seriously harm or kill yourself
self-destructive: dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot
self-destructive instinct: uncontrollable desire in person which leads him to do things that are harmful

destructive

Hyphenation

de·struc·tive

Turkish pronunciation

dîstrʌktîv

Synonyms

calamitous, catastrophic, devastate, disastrous, eradicative, harmful, pernicious, ruinous, annihilative, baleful, baneful, cancerous, cataclysmic, consumptive, cutthroat

Antonyms

constructive, productive, aiding, assisting, building, creative, helpful, encouraging, hopeful, positive

Pronunciation

/dəˈstrəktəv/ /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/

Etymology

() From Latin destructivus, from past participle of destruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -ivus

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