destructive
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Casting Luddites as anti-technology has mired a historical labor uprising as a destructive tantrum thrown by fearful, hidebound cranks.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
And Giuseppe Sette, president of the AI investment analytics firm Reflexivity, thinks a drop in token prices could be broadly helpful, rather than destructive to AI economics.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
With protectionism becoming more fashionable, Ms. Keynes and Mr. Bown provide a helpful reminder that tariffs are, generally speaking, economically destructive and rarely achieve their stated goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
They found that forcing proteins inside neurons to clump together, a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases, can trigger this destructive process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, farmers in Louisiana showed growing reluctance to sign up for the project as it became evident that use of chemicals against the fire ant was causing an upsurge of insects destructive to sugarcane.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing destructive
Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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George's Key to the Universe, Lessons 1–5
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