destructive
adjective
1. causing destruction or much damage
- a policy that is destructive to the economy
- destructive criticism
Similar word(s): annihilating, annihilative, devastating, withering, blasting, ruinous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic, crushing, damaging, negative, iconoclastic, ravaging, wasteful, harmful, negative
Sentences with destructive as an adjective:
- Catabolism is a destructive metabolism that involves the breakdown of molecules and release of energy.