English-Thai Dictionary

destructive

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็นการ ทำลาย  ซึ่ง ชอบ ทำลาย  sueng-pen-kan-tam-lai

 

destructively

ADV เป็นไป ใน ทาง ทำลาย  pen-pai-nai-tang-tam-lai

 

destructiveness

N การ ชอบ ทำลาย  kan-chob-tam-lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESTRUCTIVE

a.Causing destruction; having the quality of destroying; ruinous; mischievous; pernicious; with of or to; as a destructive fire or famine. Intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.

 

DESTRUCTIVELY

adv. With destruction; ruinously; mischievously; with power to destroy; as destructively lewd or intemperate.

 

DESTRUCTIVENESS

n.The quality of destroying or ruining.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESTRUCTIVE

De *struc "tive, a. Etym: [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif. ]

 

Defn: 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. Wordsworth. Destructive distillation. See Distillation. -- Destructive sorties ( (Logic ), a process of reasoning which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a species of reductio ad absurdum. Whately.

 

Syn. -- Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant; baleful; pernicious; mischievous.

 

DESTRUCTIVE

DESTRUCTIVE De *struc "tive, n.

 

Defn: One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

 

DESTRUCTIVELY

DESTRUCTIVELY De *struc "tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a destructive manner.

 

DESTRUCTIVENESS

DESTRUCTIVENESS De *struc "tive *ness, n.

 

1. The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.

 

2. (Phren.)

 

Defn: The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

destructive

de struc tive |diˈstrəktiv dəˈstrəktɪv | ▶adjective causing great and irreparable harm or damage: the destructive power of weapons. • tending to refute or disparage; negative and unhelpful: destructive criticism. DERIVATIVES de struc tive ly adverb, de struc tive ness noun

 

destructive distillation

de struc tive dis til la tion ▶noun Chemistry decomposition of a solid by heating it in a closed container and collecting the volatile constituents given off.

 

Oxford Dictionary

destructive

de |struc ¦tive |dɪˈstrʌktɪv | ▶adjective causing great and irreparable damage: the destructive power of weapons. • negative and unhelpful: destructive criticism. DERIVATIVES destructively adverb, destructiveness noun

 

destructive distillation

de |struc ¦tive dis ¦til |la ¦tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry decomposition of a solid by heating it in a closed container and collecting the volatile constituents given off.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

destructive

destructive adjective 1 the most destructive war: devastating, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic; harmful, damaging, detrimental, deleterious, injurious, crippling; violent, savage, fierce, brutal, deadly, lethal. 2 destructive criticism: negative, hostile, vicious, unfriendly; unhelpful, obstructive, discouraging.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

destructive

destructive adjective 1 the most destructive war the world has seen: devastating, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic; pernicious, noxious, harmful, damaging, injurious, hurtful, wounding, violent, detrimental, deleterious, disadvantageous, ravaging, crippling, savage, fierce, brutal, dangerous, fatal, deadly, lethal, death-dealing. ANTONYMS non-violent; creative. 2 he takes a savage pleasure in destructive rather than constructive criticism: negative, hostile, antagonistic; unhelpful, disobliging, obstructive, vexatious, vicious, unfriendly, discouraging. ANTONYMS constructive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

destructive

de struc tive /dɪstrʌ́ktɪv /→destroy 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人 物 事が 〉破壊的な ; 〈考えなどが 〉非建設的な , 否定的な (↔constructive )▸ We are innately destructive animals .人間は生まれつき破壊的な動物だ ▸ destructive behavior [power ]破壊的な行為 [力 ]▸ destructive comments [criticism ]非建設的なコメント [批評 ]2 〖be ～〗 «…に » 有害な «to » ; «…を » 破壊する «of » ▸ TV programs full of violence are destructive of family life .暴力シーンの多いテレビ番組は子供のある家庭には有害である ▸ insecticides destructive to the environment 環境を破壊する殺虫剤 ～ly 副詞 破壊的に .～ness 名詞 U 破壊性, 破壊力 ; 有害性 .