destructive

adjectives

causing destruction or much damage

"a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

destructive

is derived from

destroy

is derived from

destructiveness

antonym

constructive

is similar to

wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"

annihilating, annihilative, devastating, withering

is similar to

causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin

"the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war"

blasting, ruinous

is similar to

severely destructive

"cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"

cataclysmal, cataclysmic

is similar to

of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic

is similar to

physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

"a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

crushing, devastating

is similar to

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

"negative criticism"

damaging, negative

is similar to

wearing away by friction

"the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline"

erosive

is similar to

destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited

iconoclastic

is similar to

ruinously destructive and wasting

"a ravaging illness"

ravaging

is similar to

destructive to the spirit or soul

"soul-destroying labor"

soul-destroying

is similar to

laying waste

"when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare

wasteful