Destructive and Encouraging

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Destructive adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

Usage example: technology used for destructive ends

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Encouraging is an antonym for destructive in topics: hurtful, injurious.

Encouraging adjective - Having qualities which inspire hope.

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Destructive is an antonym for encouraging.

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Encouraging and Destructive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destructive/encouraging

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