destructive

/dɪ'strəktɪv/ adjective

11 letters3 syllables17 points in Scrabble®20 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS1

ADJECTIVE

1

Causing destruction or much damage.

“a policy that is destructive to the economy”

“destructive criticism”

WORD FORMS

Related formdestroy

Related formdestructiveness

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Scrabble®17 points

Words With Friends®20 points

Double word34 points

Triple word51 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinestructiveday

Starts & ends withD … E

Syllablesde · struc · tive

SYNONYMS & RELATED23

blasting cataclysmal cataclysmic caustic corrosive crushing damaging devastating erosive iconoclastic mordant negative ravaging ruinous soul-destroying vitriolic wasteful annihilating

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