Destructive in a sentence

A destructive person has a destructive mindset and a destructive thinking pattern.

A frequent style in Common Lisp is to write code functionally (without destructive calls) when prototyping, then to add destructive calls as an optimization where it is safe to do so.

In autoimmune diseases, the goal is to shift the self-destructive TH1 response (with its associated cytotoxic T cell activity) to a non-destructive TH2 response.

The warheads of a missile provide its primary destructive power (many missiles have extensive secondary destructive power due to the high kinetic energy of the weapon and unburnt fuel that may be on board).

This is higher if more destructive methods of tubal ligation (tubal cautery, partial removal of the tubes) have been used than less destructive methods (tubal clipping).

Above all, he is deliberately engaging in destructive propaganda as we saw in the January 6, 2022 mob revolt and invasion of the US Capitol.

A combination of cancer and melancholy over humanity’s destructive attitude towards nature led him to weigh down his body with diving weights and jump off of the side of a friend’s ship.

All Might may have superhuman durability, but even his body cannot survive the destructive capabilities of this quirk.

Also last year, destructive tropical cyclones like typhoon “Karding” wiped out about P3.2 billion worth of crops, livestock and other goods while “Paeng” destroyed P3.16 billion worth of the same.

Although IT/OT convergence has many benefits, it is being hampered and handicapped by advanced and destructive cyberthreats.

A Marvel Snap player manages to pull off an impressive counter to Galactus, one of the most destructive cards in the digital card game.

Amos Wilson made a study in the United state which concludes that through time people living under occupation develop self destructive behaviour because they lack the power to confront those maintaining occupation system.

And, it’s a very destructive thing.

An ongoing row between the nations over sustainable tuna fishing continues to simmer after a resolution in early February temporarily banned the use of destructive driftnets despite opposition from the European bloc.

Asked what could happen if a large-scale earthquake event, like the one in Turkey, strikes the Himalayas, he said the destructive potential of an earthquake depends on several factors, including depth and proximity to populated areas.

As this crisis led to the creation of a destructive artificial Celestial called the Progenitor, members of the Quiet Council fought alongside the Eternals and Avengers.

Atmospheric scientists say destructive flooding events happen more frequently as storms form in a warmer atmosphere, and the planet’s rising temperatures will only make it worse.

At the heart of the city, the Atomic Bomb Dome – the shell of the blast-hit Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall – stands as a permanent reminder of the destructive power of nuclear weapons.

At the same time, the future threat of increasingly destructive Iranian cyberattacks remains, particularly against Israel and the United States, as some Iranian groups are likely seeking cyberattack capabilities against industrial control systems.

Beyond that, they say, it would make the area vulnerable to potentially destructive flooding.