Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Late and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Late" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Late
Late adjective - Not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.
Destructive and late are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Late".
Both words in one sentence
- Another heroic example in Runaways, when Xavin shifts into the late wife of a man-turned-monster to talk him down from his destructive rampage.
Source: Shapeshifter Guilt Trip -
He realizes before it's too late that it would be a fruitless, self-destructive search.
Source: Literature / The Last Unicorn - Placebo's song "Commercial for Levi" isn't about selling denim jeans, it's an exhortation to a friend to stop their self-destructive lifestyle before it's too late.
Source: Misaimed Fandom / Music
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