destructive
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He added that "such a deep suppression was a clear sign of destructive interference, and it had to be caused by something near the emitters."
From Science Daily
He is sceptical both about the estimated cost of MPs staying in Parliament while the work is completed and suggestions the building is on the brink of a destructive conflagration.
From BBC
Researchers discovered how to strip away HIV’s destructive genes and repurpose it as a “lentiviral vector”—a tool to deliver therapeutic genes directly to cells and integrate them into a patient’s DNA.
Whether the attack was one carried out by traditional military assets or through some other means, such as a destructive cyber operation or a covert action led by the Central Intelligence Agency, is also uncertain.
Is fire management the unintended cause of destructive crown fires?
From Los Angeles Times
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