Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Great and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Great
Great adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Destructive and great are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Great".
Both words in one sentence
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Many of the great capitals of Europe, like Paris and Rome, escaped this sort of destructive fighting only because the German commanders quit them rather than engage in destructive fighting there.
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In Castle in the Sky, by the end, after its destructive capabilities have been destroyed, Laputa is left as a great tree surrounded by the overgrown gardens.
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The occupation was so strict and destructive that Finns still refer to it as "The Great Wrath".
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