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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

destructive

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Source Word

destructive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/

Adjective

Causing destruction; damaging. / Causing breakdown or disassembly. / (computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

Japanese Meaning

破壊の原因となる、損害を与える / 分解や解体を引き起こす / （コンピューティングにおいて）不可逆的な変化をもたらす

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The destructive hurricane uprooted entire neighborhoods and left residents homeless.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

壊滅的なハリケーンが近隣一帯の住宅を根こそぎ破壊し、住民は家を失った。

Sense（1）

Causing destruction; damaging.

After rescuing his estranged daughter in the last film, Live Free Or Die Hard, Willis heads to Russia to rescue his estranged son (Jai Courtney), a CIA agent on a mission to protect a whistleblower (Sebastian Koch) from a corrupt government official (Sergei Kolesnikov) with no shortage of destructive resources at his disposal.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

Causing breakdown or disassembly.

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

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Sense（3）

(computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

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

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

more destructive

（ comparative ）

most destructive

（ superlative ）

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