Definition of destructive

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Destructive (n.) One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

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Angoumois Moth :: Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell..
Acrolein :: Acrolein (n.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating..
Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses..
Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Colorado Beetle :: Colorado beetle () A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle..
Destructionist :: Destructionist (n.) One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.
Deletery :: Deletery (a.) Destructive; poisonous.
Pestilential :: Pestilential (a.) Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
Germicide :: Germicide (a.) Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases..
Liparian :: Liparian (n.) Any species of a family (Liparidae) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths..
Internecine :: Internecine (a.) Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive..
Blastment :: Blastment (n.) A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.
Baneful :: Baneful (a.) Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.
Deathful :: Deathful (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
Noxious :: Noxious (a.) Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples..
Wrackful :: Wrackful (a.) Ruinous; destructive.
Slaughterous :: Slaughterous (a.) Destructive; murderous.
Destructiveness :: Destructiveness (n.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.
Destructively :: Destructively (adv.) In a destructive manner.
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