destructive

Meaning

1. Causing destruction; damaging.
2. Causing breakdown or disassembly.
3. Lossy; causing irreversible change.

Synonyms

destroying

ruinous

disastrous

injurious

pernicious

killing

devastating

catastrophic

fatal

baneful

cruel

shattering

disruptive

internecine

blasting

murderous

calamitous

noxious

wrecking

hurtful

hurting

mischievous

naughty

pestilent

removing

rude

savage

shatter

slaughterous

smashing

spiteful

suicidal

troublesome

unmanageable

unruly

upset

wicked

withering

wreck

over-familiar

bullying

over-bold

over-bearing

ill-behaved

abolitionary

destructive effect

catawampus

vandalous

annihilating

dissolutive

Translations

destructeur

destructivo

distruttivo

destructif

destruktiv

zerstörend

destrutivo

destructief

yıkıcı

καταστρεπτικός

destructiu

perniciosus

destructieve

verwoestend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/

Etymology

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