destructive

Example Sentences

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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

It’s more like transforming human consciousness, and the fact that it can’t be done doesn’t mean it won’t be massively destructive.

From Salon