Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Heartbreaking and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbreaking" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Heartbreaking
Heartbreaking adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Destructive and heartbreaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Heartbreaking".
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From Blake Edwards — creator of (future) comedy classics like The Pink Panther (1963), The Great Race and, The Party — comes this heartbreaking 1962 drama about the destructive nature of alcohol addiction.
Source: Film / Days of Wine and Roses
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