destructive
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King Charles is set to intervene in the debate about artificial intelligence, calling on AI industry leaders to prevent it becoming a destructive force.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
In other words, we have a larger, more destructive array of cyberattack tools.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The destructive ideological movements I left behind eight years earlier had crossed the ocean to my adopted homeland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Severe convective storms are damaging storms that can include thunderstorms with lightning, tornadoes or destructive winds, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
I compare her to one of those destructive rivers that, when they become enraged, flood the plains, ruin the trees and buildings, raising the earth from one spot and dropping it onto another.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing destructive
Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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Ocean Storm Alert!
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George's Key to the Universe, Lessons 1–5
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