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Destroyable vs. Destructive

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Destroyableadjective

Able to be destroyed.

Destructiveadjective

Causing destruction; damaging.

Destroyableadjective

Destructible.

‘Plants . . . scarcely destroyable by the weather.’;

Destructiveadjective

Causing breakdown or disassembly.

‘Catabolism is a destructive metabolism that involves the breakdown of molecules and release of energy.’;

Destroyableadjective

capable of being destroyed

Destructiveadjective

(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

‘Blurring an image is a destructive operation, but rotating an image is not.’;

Destructiveadjective

Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; - often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.

‘Time's destructive power.’;

Destructivenoun

One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

Destructiveadjective

causing destruction or much damage;

‘a policy that is destructive to the economy’; ‘destructive criticism’;

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