Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Horrible and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Horrible" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Horrible
Horrible adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Destructive and horrible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Horrible".
Related pairs
Both words in one sentence
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That wish was fulfilled by making her a Skullgirl so horrible and destructive that the countries had to stop fighting each other just to take her down.
Source: Jackass Genie -
Usually, a character will survive a horrible and destructive situation, but end up dying anyway, by, say, a throwaway item introduced earlier before.
Source: Irony -
While a few vampires, namely Rozenmann, Ivanovic, and Li are horrible, horrible people, vampires for the most part are shown to be more self-destructive than anything.
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