destructive
Example Sentences
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But Timothy Burbery of Marshall University believes Dante may have been imagining something much more physical and destructive.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
And the lyrics are really about a destructive relationship, allegedly based on Felicia's experiences in the music industry.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The assumption was the U.S. would keep building ever more destructive bombs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Probing the tropes of rigid masculinity, “Half Man,” premiering Thursday on HBO, chronicles the destructive bond between two men over several decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
“I casually mentioned to Stalin that we had a new weapon of unusual destructive force,” Truman recalled.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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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