destructive Play adjectiveCausing great and irreparable damage. SYNONYMS brutalcalamitouscataclysmiccatastrophiccripplingdamagingdangerousdeadlydeath-dealingdeleteriousdetrimentaldevastatingdisadvantageousdisastrousenvironmentally unfriendlyfatalfierceharmfulhurtfulinjuriouslethalnoxiousperniciousravagingruinoussavageviolentwounding