DESTRUCTIVE Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word destructive. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DESTRUCTIVE
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calamitous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||||
devastating | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • making light of • wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction • physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | ||||||||
disastrous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||||
harmful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • causing or capable of causing harm | ||||||||
pernicious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | ||||||||
ruinous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin • causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | ||||||||
annihilating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction • making light of | ||||||||
baleful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deadly or sinister • threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | ||||||||
cataclysmic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • severely destructive | ||||||||
damaging | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | ||||||||
dangerous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||||
deleterious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • harmful to living things | ||||||||
detrimental | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | ||||||||
fatal | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • bringing death adjective satellite • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||||||||
injurious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • harmful to living things | ||||||||
lethal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of an instrument of certain death | ||||||||
malefic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having or exerting a malignant influence | ||||||||
malevolent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred • having or exerting a malignant influence | ||||||||
malign | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • evil or harmful in nature or influence adjective satellite • having or exerting a malignant influence verb • speak unfavorably about | ||||||||
mortal | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • subject to death noun • a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential adjective satellite • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death • unrelenting and deadly • causing or capable of causing death | ||||||||