DESTRUCTIVE Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word destructive. (close relations)
Best Synonyms 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 | ||||||