destructive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
causing destruction or much damage
a policy that is destructive to the economy
Related & opposite
- harmful also see
- negative also see
- constructive antonym
- destructiveness derivation
- destroy derivation
- withering similar to
- blasting similar to
- cataclysmal similar to
- corrosive similar to
- crushing similar to
- damaging similar to
- erosive similar to
- iconoclastic similar to
- ravaging similar to
- soul-destroying similar to
- wasteful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | harmful |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | negative |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | constructive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destructiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destroy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | withering |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | blasting |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | cataclysmal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | corrosive |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | crushing |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | damaging |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | erosive |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | iconoclastic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | ravaging |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | soul-destroying |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | wasteful |