destructive
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A destructive wildfire burned through a third of Santa Rosa Island.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Her mayoral term has been defined by her responses to the city's homelessness issue, federal immigration raids and a destructive wildfire that burned through a wealthy neighbourhood in Los Angeles in January 2025.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Amodei has also warned that it is plausible that powerful AI systems, which he expects to exist in the near future, could develop destructive tendencies in unpredictable ways.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
One of the Pacific Ocean's most powerful early season storms did more than bring destructive weather.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Briony suspected that behind her older cousin’s perfect manners was a destructive intent.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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