destructiveadj.n.

/dɪˈstrʌktɪv/

Etymology: < Old French destructif, -ive (1372 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); = Provençal destructiu , Spanish destructivo , Italian distruttivo , < Latin dēstructīvus , < dēstruct- participial stem of dēstruĕre to destroy v.: see -ive suffix.

A. adj.

a. Having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, put an end to, or completely spoil; pernicious, deadly, annihilative. Const. to, of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective]

fellc1330

undone1340

ruinous?a1439

violablea1470

perniciousc1475

destructive1490

confusible1502

destroying1535

exitiable1548

ruinate1562

peremptory1567

wrackful1578

slaughterous1582

ruinating1595

ruining1605

corrumpent1607

wracksome1608

in suds1611

destructory1614

poisonousa1616

wrakefulc1625

predatory1626

predatorious1641

demolishing1648

untwined1649

undoing1654

destructionable1656

destructful1659

mortal1670

wreckinga1677

fatal1692

quadrumanous1704

interdestructive1805

annihilatory1825

demolitionary1834

ruinatious1845

consumptive1860

thunderous1874

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 22 In all destructyue of theyr personis, honoures, goodes, and chyuaunches.

1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 265^v One of these two..shulde be destructiue to lyuynge creatures.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xiv. 64 A man is forbidden to do, that, which is destructive of his life.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 318 The Apostle's sence is not the same with yours (but destructive to it).

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 54 Unpolitick, and even Destructive to the Services intended.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋7 Vice is in itself destructive of Pleasure.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 163. ⁋2 Destructive to happiness.

1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler 1 These destructive tyrants Shall shrink before your vengeance.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits i. 10 The conditions of literary success are almost destructive of the best social power.

1875 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) V. i. 252 A rapid advance..under destructive fire.

1882 Daily Tel. 19 May Palmer's bowling proved extremely destructive, and he took no less than eight wickets.

b. In political and philosophical use, opposed to constructive and conservative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > in philosophy or politics

destructive1834

1834 Oxf. Univ. Mag. 1 108 The two distinct lines of conservative and destructive policy.

1841–44 R. W. Emerson Polit. in Wks. (1906) I. 241 The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless.

1861 F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1861 (1862) 30 148 After so much destructive criticism, to have little of instantly helpful truth to substitute in the room of what has been swept away.

1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 36 His position, therefore, is simply destructive.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 198 Most of us would probably find the importance of this epoch in its destructive contribution.

c. destructive distillation n. Chemistry see quots.

ΚΠ

1831 T. P. Jones New Conversat. Chem. xxviii. 281 When organized substances are decomposed at a red heat in close vessels, the process is called destructive distillation.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 284 Distillation may involve the decomposition of the substance heated, and the condensation of the products of decomposition, when it is termed destructive distillation.

d. Logic. Applied to conjunctive (or, as they are sometimes called, conditional) syllogisms and dilemmas, in which the conclusion negatives a hypothesis in one of the premisses.Thus: If A is B, C is D; C is not D, ∴ A is not B. If A is B, C is D, and if E is F, G is H; but either C is not D or G is not H, ∴ either A is not B, or E is not F.

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1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic ii. iv. §7 In a destructive sorites, you go back from the denial of the last consequent to the denial of the first antecedent: ‘G is not H; therefore A is not B.’

e. destructive metabolism n. = catabolism n.

B. n.

1. A destructive agent, instrument, or force; a destructive proposition or syllogism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys

baneOE

losera1340

leeserc1380

stroyerc1380

destroyer1382

ravenerc1390

castera1400

confounder1401

wastera1425

stroyc1440

undoerc1440

unmakerc1450

confounderess1509

hydraa1513

stroy-good1540

abolisher1548

thunderbolt1559

disannullera1572

stroy-all1573

ruiner1581

down-puller1583

murdererc1585

spendingc1595

blaster1598

assassin1609

ruinater1609

dissolver1611

minerc1614

destructioner1621

fordoer1631

sinker1632

destructive1640

deletery1642

assassinatea1658

ruinator1658

destroyeress1662

destructora1691

dissolvent1835

solvent1841

wrecker1882

destructant1889

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > contradictory point

elencha1529

counterpoint1565

destructory1621

destructive1640

the reverse of the medalc1660

elenchus1663

backfall1838

1640 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Prince Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Poysons..as destructives of Nature..are utterly to be abhord.

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas Ep. Ded. sig. *3 It hath been a preparatorie destructive to Royaltie.

1646 Burd. Issach. in Phenix (1708) II. 299 Their confession of Faith..is more in Negatives and Destructives, than Affirmatives and Positives.

1674 W. Penn Just Rebuke 9 Giving, for Antidotes, Destructives to the Souls of Men.

1826 R. Whately Elements Logic ii. 116 Which is evidently a plain Destructive.

1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 56 The grand destructives of nature are the winds and the waves.

2. A person whose theory or practice tends to overthrow existing institutions or systems. (Chiefly dyslogistic.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of > supporter of

common holder1565

abolitionist1827

governmentalist1831

destructive1832

annexationist1841

destructionist1841

annexionist1844

decompositionist1849

expansionist1862

disintegrator1865

dissolutionist1882

irredentist1882

disintegrationist1884

isolationist1899

retentionist1899

free fooder1903

laissez-fairist1932

autarkist1938

elitist1938

neo-isolationist1950

non-aligner1963

1832 Examiner 786/1 The Radicals (or Destructives, as you are pleased to describe them).

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 To the critic of the schools, ever ready with compendious label, he is the revolutionary destructive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	destructive
释义	destructiveadj.n. /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/ Etymology: < Old French destructif, -ive (1372 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); = Provençal destructiu , Spanish destructivo , Italian distruttivo , < Latin dēstructīvus , < dēstruct- participial stem of dēstruĕre to destroy v.: see -ive suffix. A. adj. a. Having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, put an end to, or completely spoil; pernicious, deadly, annihilative. Const. to, of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] fellc1330 undone1340 ruinous?a1439 violablea1470 perniciousc1475 destructive1490 confusible1502 destroying1535 exitiable1548 ruinate1562 peremptory1567 wrackful1578 slaughterous1582 ruinating1595 ruining1605 corrumpent1607 wracksome1608 in suds1611 destructory1614 poisonousa1616 wrakefulc1625 predatory1626 predatorious1641 demolishing1648 untwined1649 undoing1654 destructionable1656 destructful1659 mortal1670 wreckinga1677 fatal1692 quadrumanous1704 interdestructive1805 annihilatory1825 demolitionary1834 ruinatious1845 consumptive1860 thunderous1874 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 22 In all destructyue of theyr personis, honoures, goodes, and chyuaunches. 1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 265^v One of these two..shulde be destructiue to lyuynge creatures. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xiv. 64 A man is forbidden to do, that, which is destructive of his life. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 318 The Apostle's sence is not the same with yours (but destructive to it). 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 54 Unpolitick, and even Destructive to the Services intended. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋7 Vice is in itself destructive of Pleasure. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 163. ⁋2 Destructive to happiness. 1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler 1 These destructive tyrants Shall shrink before your vengeance. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits i. 10 The conditions of literary success are almost destructive of the best social power. 1875 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) V. i. 252 A rapid advance..under destructive fire. 1882 Daily Tel. 19 May Palmer's bowling proved extremely destructive, and he took no less than eight wickets. b. In political and philosophical use, opposed to constructive and conservative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > in philosophy or politics destructive1834 1834 Oxf. Univ. Mag. 1 108 The two distinct lines of conservative and destructive policy. 1841–44 R. W. Emerson Polit. in Wks. (1906) I. 241 The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless. 1861 F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1861 (1862) 30 148 After so much destructive criticism, to have little of instantly helpful truth to substitute in the room of what has been swept away. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 36 His position, therefore, is simply destructive. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 198 Most of us would probably find the importance of this epoch in its destructive contribution. c. destructive distillation n. Chemistry see quots. ΚΠ 1831 T. P. Jones New Conversat. Chem. xxviii. 281 When organized substances are decomposed at a red heat in close vessels, the process is called destructive distillation. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 284 Distillation may involve the decomposition of the substance heated, and the condensation of the products of decomposition, when it is termed destructive distillation. d. Logic. Applied to conjunctive (or, as they are sometimes called, conditional) syllogisms and dilemmas, in which the conclusion negatives a hypothesis in one of the premisses.Thus: If A is B, C is D; C is not D, ∴ A is not B. If A is B, C is D, and if E is F, G is H; but either C is not D or G is not H, ∴ either A is not B, or E is not F. ΚΠ 1827 R. Whately Elem. Logic ii. iv. §7 In a destructive sorites, you go back from the denial of the last consequent to the denial of the first antecedent: ‘G is not H; therefore A is not B.’ e. destructive metabolism n. = catabolism n. B. n. 1. A destructive agent, instrument, or force; a destructive proposition or syllogism. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys baneOE losera1340 leeserc1380 stroyerc1380 destroyer1382 ravenerc1390 castera1400 confounder1401 wastera1425 stroyc1440 undoerc1440 unmakerc1450 confounderess1509 hydraa1513 stroy-good1540 abolisher1548 thunderbolt1559 disannullera1572 stroy-all1573 ruiner1581 down-puller1583 murdererc1585 spendingc1595 blaster1598 assassin1609 ruinater1609 dissolver1611 minerc1614 destructioner1621 fordoer1631 sinker1632 destructive1640 deletery1642 assassinatea1658 ruinator1658 destroyeress1662 destructora1691 dissolvent1835 solvent1841 wrecker1882 destructant1889 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > contradictory point elencha1529 counterpoint1565 destructory1621 destructive1640 the reverse of the medalc1660 elenchus1663 backfall1838 1640 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Prince Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Poysons..as destructives of Nature..are utterly to be abhord. 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas Ep. Ded. sig. 3 It hath been a preparatorie destructive to Royaltie. 1646 Burd. Issach.* in Phenix (1708) II. 299 Their confession of Faith..is more in Negatives and Destructives, than Affirmatives and Positives. 1674 W. Penn Just Rebuke 9 Giving, for Antidotes, Destructives to the Souls of Men. 1826 R. Whately Elements Logic ii. 116 Which is evidently a plain Destructive. 1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 56 The grand destructives of nature are the winds and the waves. 2. A person whose theory or practice tends to overthrow existing institutions or systems. (Chiefly dyslogistic.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of > supporter of common holder1565 abolitionist1827 governmentalist1831 destructive1832 annexationist1841 destructionist1841 annexionist1844 decompositionist1849 expansionist1862 disintegrator1865 dissolutionist1882 irredentist1882 disintegrationist1884 isolationist1899 retentionist1899 free fooder1903 laissez-fairist1932 autarkist1938 elitist1938 neo-isolationist1950 non-aligner1963 1832 Examiner 786/1 The Radicals (or Destructives, as you are pleased to describe them). 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 To the critic of the schools, ever ready with compendious label, he is the revolutionary destructive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1490
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