destructively
In harmful fashion
In a way that causes damage, ruin, or harm.
Fire spreads destructively through dry forest.
Criticism delivered destructively tears down without building up.
The adverb often implies waste or needlessness: He destructively lashed out at everyone who tried to help.
In an upsetting manner
- turbulentlyIn an agitated manner
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- violentlyWith intense physical force
- explosivelyWith violent sudden force
wildly · catastrophically · calamitously · ruinously · disastrously · tumultuously · havoc · upheaval
Destroy completely
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
devastate · crush · smash · pulverize · raze · flatten · bulldoze · dismantle
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- extirpateDestroy utterly, completely
- eliminateRemove completely
decimate · extinguish · wipe out · abolish · expunge · obliterate · liquidate · purge
disruptively
In an upsetting manner
- turbulentlyIn an agitated manner
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- violentlyWith intense physical force
explosively · wildly · catastrophically · calamitously · ruinously · disastrously · tumultuously · havoc · upheaval · mayhem
demolish
Destroy completely
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
wreck · devastate · crush · smash · pulverize · raze · flatten · bulldoze · dismantle · implode
annihilate
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- extirpateDestroy utterly, completely
eliminate · decimate · extinguish · wipe out · abolish · expunge · obliterate · liquidate · purge · root out
damage
Harm or impairment
ruin · corrupt · compromise · erode · degrade · weaken · mar · spoil · taint · poison
destructivelyconstructively
In a helpful manner
creatively · productively · generatively · formatively · developmentally
destructivelybeneficially
In a helpful manner
helpfully · innocuously · harmlessly · protectively · safely
destructivelypeacefully
In tranquil fashion
harmoniously · cooperatively · nonviolently · amicably · cordially
- self-destructive behavior
- destructive forcePower causing widespread damage
- destructive criticismFeedback meant to wound
- destructive interferenceWaves combining to diminish amplitude