destructive : Idioms & Phrases

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Destructive distillation

  • noun heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products
WordNet
  • . See Distillation.
Webster 1913

destructive metabolism

  • noun breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
    dissimilation; catabolism; katabolism.
WordNet

Destructive sorties

  • (Logic), a process of reasoning which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a species of reductio ad absurdum.
Webster 1913

destructive-metabolic

  • adjective satellite of or relating to catabolism
    energy-releasing.
WordNet

self-destructive

  • adjective satellite dangerous to yourself or your interests
    suicidal.
    • suicidal impulses
    • a suicidal corporate takeover strategy
    • a kamikaze pilot
WordNet
Self`-de*struc"tive adjective
Definitions
  1. Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.
Webster 1913