“a policy that is destructive to the economy”
“destructive criticism”
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annihilating, annihilative, devastating, withering
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
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blasting, ruinous
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
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cataclysmal, cataclysmic
severely destructive
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caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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crushing, devastating
physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
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damaging, negative
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
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erosive
wearing away by friction
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iconoclastic
destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited
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ravaging
ruinously destructive and wasting
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soul-destroying
destructive to the spirit or soul
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wasteful
laying waste
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harmful
causing or capable of causing harm
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negative
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
- Antonyms:
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constructive
constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
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creative
promoting construction or creation
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formative, plastic, shaping
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
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formative
capable of forming new cells and tissues
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inferential
based on interpretation; not directly expressed
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reconstructive, rehabilitative
helping to restore to good condition
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structural
concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
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positive
characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
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