Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Fruitless and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fruitless" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Fruitless
Fruitless adjective - Producing no results.
Destructive and fruitless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Fruitless".
Both words in one sentence
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He realizes before it's too late that it would be a fruitless, self-destructive search.
Source: Literature / The Last Unicorn
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