"destructive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/ [UK], /dɪˈstɹʊktɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-destructuve.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more destructive [comparative], most destructive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French destructif, from Latin destructivus, from past participle of destruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -ivus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*strew-}}, {{der|en|frm|destructif}} Middle French destructif, {{der|en|la|destructivus}} Latin destructivus, {{m|la|destruo|destruere|t=to tear down, destroy}} destruere (“to tear down, destroy”), {{m|la|-ivus|}} -ivus Head templates: {{en-adj}} destructive (comparative more destructive, superlative most destructive)
  1. Causing destruction; damaging. Translations (causing destruction; damaging): ὀλέθριος (oléthrios) (Ancient Greek), ὀλοός (oloós) (Ancient Greek), δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios) (Ancient Greek), կործանիչ (korcaničʻ) (Armenian), կործանարար (korcanarar) (Armenian), разрушителен (razrušitelen) (Bulgarian), destructiu (Catalan), ničivý (Czech), destruktivní (Czech), destruktiv (Danish), destructief (Dutch), destructieve (Dutch), verwoestend (Dutch), verwoestende (Dutch), tuhoisa (Finnish), destruktiivinen (Finnish), destructif (French), destruktiv (German), schädlich (German), zerstörend (German), καταστροφικός (katastrofikós) [masculine] (Greek), καταστρεπτικός (katastreptikós) [masculine] (Greek), αφανιστικός (afanistikós) (Greek), הרסני (harsany) (Hebrew), destruktív (Hungarian), kártékony (Hungarian), pusztító (Hungarian), destructive (Interlingua), urbhadhach (Irish), arganach (Irish), sladach (Irish), distruttivo (Italian), 破壊的な (hakaiteki na) (Japanese), 파괴적 (pagoejeok) (Korean), exitiosus (Latin), exitiābilis (Latin), destructivus (Latin), bráthamail (Old Irish), مخرب (Persian), destrukcyjny [masculine] (Polish), destrutivo (Portuguese), distructiv [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), distrugător [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), разруши́тельный (razrušítelʹnyj) (Russian), हिंस्र (hiṃsra) (Sanskrit), millteach (Scottish Gaelic), sgriosach (Scottish Gaelic), sgriosail (Scottish Gaelic), ра́зо̄ран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), де̏структӣван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ру̀шилачкӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), rázōran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dȅstruktīvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), rùšilačkī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), destructivo (Spanish), destruktiv (Swedish), mapanira (Tagalog), mapangwasak (Tagalog), yıkıcı (Turkish), tahripkâr (Turkish), руйнівний (rujnivnyj) (Ukrainian), деструктивний (destruktyvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-destructive-en-adj-5vktqXoP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 34 40 Disambiguation of 'causing destruction; damaging': 91 5 4
  2. Causing breakdown or disassembly. Translations (causing breakdown): hajottava (Finnish), καταλυτικός (katalytikós) [masculine] (Greek), destruktiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-destructive-en-adj-Ph5UgmgH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 34 40 Disambiguation of 'causing breakdown': 14 64 22
  3. (computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (lossy): peruuttamaton (Finnish), destruktiivinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-destructive-en-adj-Tgp5i3nP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 34 40 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'lossy': 1 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: calamitous, catastrophic, devastating, disastrous, eradicative, harmful, pernicious, ruinous, wrackful, wreckful

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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "tuhoisa"
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      "word": "破壊的な"
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      "word": "파괴적"
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      "word": "مخرب"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "destrutivo"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "разруши́тельный"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "word": "हिंस्र"
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      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
      "word": "millteach"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
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      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
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      "word": "ру̀шилачкӣ"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rázōran"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
      "word": "destruktiv"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
      "word": "mapanira"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
      "word": "mapangwasak"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "yıkıcı"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing destruction; damaging",
      "word": "tahripkâr"
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      "word": "руйнівний"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "destruktyvnyj",
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      "word": "деструктивний"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "causing breakdown",
      "word": "hajottava"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "lossy",
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