Bible Dictionaries
Destructive

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

(2):

(a.) Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; - often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Destructive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/destructive.html. 1828.