mutually destructive
Example Sentences
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Art has fashioned himself into a stunted thing to be “safe,” yet he and Mercy are two planets locked in a mutually destructive orbit.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022
What we characterize as patterned inequality is ongoing and mutually destructive – even when it is applied differently.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2022
No one knows for sure, but a complete shutoff is seen as unlikely, because it would be mutually destructive.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2022
This latest round of tit-for-tat levies so clearly demonstrates the mutually destructive nature of transatlantic trade conflict that it may finally prompt both sides to negotiate a permanent settlement.
From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2020
But enmity is mutually destructive, in East Asia and in the Middle East.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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