Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Lamentable and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lamentable" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Lamentable
Lamentable adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Destructive and lamentable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Lamentable".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Since one of the themes of this musical is the destructive nature of race prejudice, this may be deliberate irony — or it may just be a lamentable lapse of taste.
Source: Blackface
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