Destructive and Nondestructive

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Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.

Usage example: the destructive storm blew down trees all over town, and blew the roof off our neighbor's house

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Nondestructive is an antonym for destructive.

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Destructive is an antonym for nondestructive.

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