Destructive
21destructive — adjective a) Causing destruction; damaging. Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy. b) Causing break down or disassembly. Syn: calamitous …
22destructive — Synonyms and related words: adverse, annihilative, antithetical, bad, baleful, baneful, black, brutal, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, catching, communicable, condemnatory, conflicting, consuming, consumptive, contagious,… …
23destructive — adjective 1》 causing destruction. 2》 negative and unhelpful: destructive criticism. Derivatives destructively adverb destructiveness noun …
24destructive — adjective causing damage to people or things: Jealousy is a very destructive emotion. destructively adverb destructiveness noun (U) …
25Destructive distillation — is the chemical process involving the decomposition of feedstock by heating to a high temperature; the term generally applies to processing of organic material in the absence of air or in the presence of limited amounts of oxygen or other… …
26Destructive distillation — Destructive De*struc tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as,… …
27Destructive sorties — Destructive De*struc tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as,… …
28destructive-metabolic — adj. prenom. (Biochemistry & Physiology) energy releasing (prenominal); same as {catabolic}. Syn: . [WordNet 1.5] …
29Destructive device — (zu deutsch etwa: destruktives oder zerstörerisches Gerät) ist ein Begriff aus dem Rechtssystem der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Ein destruktives Gerät ist demnach eine Schusswaffe oder ein Sprengsatz, der in den USA durch den National… …
30destructive agency — index parasite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
