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DESTRUCTIVE Synonyms

There are 29 synonyms of the word destructive. (exact relations)
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

Best Hypernyms For DESTRUCTIVE

Here is a list of related hypernyms for destructive, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
baneful damaging deleterious detrimental disastrous harmful hurtful injurious negative pernicious ruinous unhealthy

Alternatives for CALAMITOUS

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