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• Australian: /dɪˈstɹɐktɪv/
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From Middle English destructyve, from Middle French destructif, from Latin dēstrūctīvus, from past participle of dēstruere (“to tear down, destroy”) + -īvus.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կործանիչ (korcaničʻ) — causing destruction; damaging
• Armenian: կործանարար (korcanarar) — causing destruction; damaging
• Bulgarian: разрушителен (razrušitelen) — causing destruction; damaging
• Catalan: destructiu — causing destruction; damaging
• Chinese Mandarin: 破壞性的 /破坏性的 (pòhuàixìng de) — causing destruction; damaging
• Czech: ničivý — causing destruction; damaging
• Czech: destruktivní — causing destruction; damaging
• Danish: destruktiv — causing destruction; damaging
• Dutch: destructief — causing destruction; damaging
• Dutch: destructieve — causing destruction; damaging
• Dutch: verwoestend — causing destruction; damaging
• Dutch: verwoestende — causing destruction; damaging
• Finnish: tuhoisa — causing destruction; damaging
• Finnish: destruktiivinen — causing destruction; damaging
• French: destructif — causing destruction; damaging
• German: destruktiv — causing destruction; damaging
• German: schädlich — causing destruction; damaging
• German: zerstörend — causing destruction; damaging
• Greek: καταστροφικός (katastrofikós) — causing destruction; damaging
• Greek: καταστρεπτικός (katastreptikós) — causing destruction; damaging
• Greek: αφανιστικός (afanistikós) — causing destruction; damaging
• Ancient Greek: ὀλέθριος (oléthrios) — causing destruction; damaging
• Ancient Greek: ὀλοός (oloós) — causing destruction; damaging
• Ancient Greek: δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios) — causing destruction; damaging
• Hebrew: הרסני (harsany) — causing destruction; damaging
• Hindi: घातक (ghātak) — causing destruction; damaging
• Hindi: हानिकारक (hānikārak) — causing destruction; damaging
• Hindi: नाशक (nāśak) — causing destruction; damaging
• Hungarian: destruktív — causing destruction; damaging
• Hungarian: kártékony — causing destruction; damaging
• Hungarian: pusztító — causing destruction; damaging
• Interlingua: destructive — causing destruction; damaging
• Irish: urbhadhach — causing destruction; damaging
• Irish: arganach — causing destruction; damaging
• Irish: sladach — causing destruction; damaging
• Old Irish: bráthamail — causing destruction; damaging
• Italian: distruttivo — causing destruction; damaging
• Japanese: 破壊的な (hakaiteki na) — causing destruction; damaging
• Korean: 파괴적 (pagoejeok) — causing destruction; damaging
• Latin: exitiosus — causing destruction; damaging
• Latin: exitiābilis — causing destruction; damaging
• Latin: destructivus — causing destruction; damaging
• Persian: مخرب — causing destruction; damaging
• Polish: destrukcyjny — causing destruction; damaging
• Portuguese: destrutivo — causing destruction; damaging
• Romanian: distructiv — causing destruction; damaging
• Romanian: distrugător — causing destruction; damaging
• Russian: разруши́тельный (razrušítelʹnyj) — causing destruction; damaging
• Sanskrit: हिंस्र (hiṃsra) — causing destruction; damaging
• Scottish Gaelic: millteach — causing destruction; damaging
• Scottish Gaelic: sgriosach — causing destruction; damaging
• Scottish Gaelic: sgriosail — causing destruction; damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́зо̄ран — causing destruction; damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: де̏структӣван — causing destruction; damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̀шилачкӣ — causing destruction; damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: rázōran — causing destruction; damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: dȅstruktīvan — causing destruction; damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: rùšilačkī — causing destruction; damaging
• Spanish: destructivo — causing destruction; damaging
• Swedish: destruktiv — causing destruction; damaging
• Tagalog: mapanira — causing destruction; damaging
• Tagalog: mapangwasak — causing destruction; damaging
• Turkish: yıkıcı — causing destruction; damaging
• Turkish: tahripkâr — causing destruction; damaging
• Ukrainian: руйнівний (rujnivnyj) — causing destruction; damaging
• Ukrainian: деструктивний (destruktyvnyj) — causing destruction; damaging
• Vietnamese: phá hoại — causing destruction; damaging
• Vietnamese: huỷ diệt — causing destruction; damaging
• Chinese Mandarin: 解體性的 /解体性的 (jiětǐxìng de) — causing breakdown
• Finnish: hajottava — causing breakdown
• Greek: καταλυτικός (katalytikós) — causing breakdown
• Hindi: नाशक (nāśak) — causing breakdown
• Swedish: destruktiv — causing breakdown
• Chinese Mandarin: 損失性的 /损失性的 (sǔnshīxìng de) — lossy
• Finnish: peruuttamaton — lossy
• Finnish: destruktiivinen — lossy