destructive
Example Sentences
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Instead, the $30 trillion bond market was moving on something else: Worries about the destructive impact of artificial intelligence on the U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Individual specimens have already wilted, but the scale of damage is impossible to assess -- the destructive impact of the cold could only start to show in weeks or even months to come.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
The measures “empower California water managers to blunt the destructive impact of flooding while quickly diverting excess water to recharge groundwater supplies,” said Cathy Green, president of the Assn. of California Water Agencies.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025
But such regionally destructive impact events are “a fairly common geologic occurrence” — scant comfort to those living on Earth today.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
Loss of all communications can have a massively destructive impact even though physical destruction can be relatively limited.
From Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance by Wade, James P.
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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