Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: destructive
IPA transcription: [dɪstɹ'ʌktɪv]
Pronunciations of destructive
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: destructive
    Meaning: causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"
Usage examples
  • But Foma can only be destructive.
  • They could not get within ten yards of the fort, our fire was so destructive.
  • Wild dogs are also very destructive, and often caused great losses among our sheep and goats.
  • he will punish him for introducing a practice which is equally subversive and destructive of ship or State.
  • But you say you are conservative--eminently conservative--while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something, of the sort.
  • Hence the criticism of knowledge which philosophy employs must not be of this destructive kind, if any result is to be achieved.
  • Fire from water, warmth and moisture from the destructive breath of the tempest, this was the riddle of riddles to the untutored mind.
  • He rewarded mankind for the services they rendered to him; he was their leader and instructor; he achieved for them the victories over the destructive forces of nature.
  • Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane's happiness, and so dishonorable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently occurring.
  • A network of canals was constructed throughout the country, which restricted the destructive tendencies of the Tigris and Euphrates and developed to a high degree their potentialities as fertilizing agencies.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Embrace, extend and extinguish, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Lilith's Brood, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fauna of Australia, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Zelda Fitzgerald, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fermi paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Flanging, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Black Russian Terrier, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Humpback whale, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William Shakespeare, License CC BY-SA 4.0