destructive

Example Sentences

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The Paradise fire lasted 18 days, destroying over 18,000 structures and leaving 85 people dead, making it the most destructive wildfire in California history.

From Los Angeles Times

Until now, researchers did not know which nuclease was responsible for triggering this destructive chain reaction, making it impossible to design therapies aimed at stopping it.

From Science Daily

We’re all connected to systems that are destructive of peace in so many ways, from how we generate commerce. to how we eat, how we pay taxes and how we communicate.

From Salon

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

He wanted to vault over the fallen trees and run like the wind and leave this shuddering, destructive, unpredictable piece of Earth far behind him.

From Literature