Destructive synonyms and antonyms

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pestilential
Like or constituting a pestilence; widespread and deadly
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negative
Hostile or disparaging; malicious:
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noxious
Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting:
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adverse
(Not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
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injurious
The definition of injurious is something that could cause harm to a person or their reputation, or that is offensive or abusive.
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indiscriminate (related)
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hostile (related)
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internecine
Deadly or harmful to both sides of a group involved in a conflict, as a civil war; mutually destructive or harmful
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eroding
Destroying
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pestiferous
Infected with or contaminated by an epidemic disease.
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noisome
The definition of noisome is harmful, or bad smelling.
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self-destructive (related)
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cancerous
(Oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
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demolitionary
Destroying
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corrosive
Destroying or undermining something gradually
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helpful (antonym)
The definition of helpful is someone or something that is useful, that provides assistance or aid, or that is prone to providing aid.
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insidious (related)
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violent (related)
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not constructive
Unfavorable
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productive of serious evil
Destroying
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eradicative
Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
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fell
Dire; sinister:
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dire
Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
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lethal
Causing or capable of causing death; fatal or deadly
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extirpative
Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
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hurtful
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
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harmful
Causing or capable of causing harm; injurious.
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arsonistic
Destroying
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conflagrative
That produces conflagration
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incendiary
The definition of incendiary is something that is likely to cause controversy, or something that is prone to starting fires.
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murderous
Capable or guilty of, or intending, murder
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disruptive
Causing disrupt or unrest.
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suicidal
(Informal) Extremely reckless.
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evil
(Computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice
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pernicious
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
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toxic
Capable of causing injury or death, especially by chemical means; poisonous:
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baleful
Harmful or malignant in intent or effect:
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corroding
Destroying
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erosive
Causing erosion; eroding
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damaging
Harmful; injurious; causing damage.
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curative (antonym)
Of or relating to the cure of disease.
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positive (antonym)
Explicitly or openly expressed or laid down:
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mortal
Relentlessly hostile; implacable:
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dangerous (related)
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devastating
Causing devastation
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detrimental
Causing damage or harm; injurious.
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disintegrative
Losing cohesion or unity.
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unfavorable (related)
Likely to be a hindrance; disadvantageous:
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deadly (related)
The definition of deadly is something likely to be terminal or the cause of your demise, or something complete, something hateful, or something extremely boring.
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poisonous (related)
Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous
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baneful
(Archaic) Poisonous.
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cataclysmic
Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
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deleterious
Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way (as for example deleterious effects, deleterious to health).
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discredit
Destroying
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fatal
(Computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
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iconoclastic
Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.
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pestilent
Causing or likely to cause epidemic disease:
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ruinous
Bringing or tending to bring ruin; very destructive or harmful; disastrous
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shattering
Destroying
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truculent
Rude, harsh, mean, scathing, etc.
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vandal
Of the Vandals
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vandalic
Having the nature of vandalism.
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vicious
Disposed to violent or destructive behavior:
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wasteful
Inclined to waste or squander money or resources.
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hopeful (antonym)
Inspiring or giving hope
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encouraging (antonym)
The definition of encouraging is something that gives hope.
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aiding (antonym)
injurious, devastating
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building (antonym)
injurious, devastating
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assisting (antonym)
injurious, devastating
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creative (antonym)
Creating or able to create
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productive (antonym)
Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance:
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calamitous
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
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catastrophic
Of, relating to, or involving a catastrophe.
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disastrous
Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
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fateful
(Archaic) Revealing what is to come; prophetic
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help (related)
Causing ruin or destruction
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constructive (antonym)
Leading to improvements or advances; formative; positive
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subversive
Tending or seeking to subvert, overthrow, or destroy (an established government, institution, belief, etc.)
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life-saving (antonym)
Preserving life; preventing death.
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  • The district is exposed to drought and also to destructive floods.

  • It is useless to suppose that this destructive criticism from within can be neutralized by generously sprinkling the pages of the classical writers with interpretation clauses.

  • Rats and mice, especially the guayabita (Mus musculus), an extremely destructive rodent, are very abundant.

  • Like its Cape congener it occasionally partakes of honey, and is often destructive to poultry.

  • The difficulty of connecting lightships and isolated lighthouses to the mainland by submarine cables, owing to the destructive action of the tides and waves on rocky coasts on the wll- shore ends, led many inventors to look for a way out of the difficulty by the adoption of some form of inductive Smith.

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