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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Destructive \De*struc"tive\, n. One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Destructive \De*struc"tive\, a. [L. destructivus: cf F. destructif.] 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. Time's destructive power. --Wordsworth. {Destructive distillation}. See {Distillation}. {Destructive sorties}(Logic), a process of reasoning which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last a species of reductio ad absurdum --Whately. Syn: Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant; baleful; pernicious; mischievous. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: destructive adj : causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism" [ant: {constructive}]
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