Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Usage example: the destructive storm blew down trees all over town, and blew the roof off our neighbor's house
Mortal is a synonym for destructive in injurious topic. In some cases you can use "Mortal" instead an adjective "Destructive", when it comes to topics like having or causing cancer.
Mortal
Mortal adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.
Usage example: a mortal wound
Destructive is a synonym for mortal in deadly topic. You can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Mortal", if it concerns topics such as fatal, having or causing cancer.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- savage and destructive
- savage and mortal
- dangerous and destructive
- dangerous and mortal
- terrible and destructive
- terrible and mortal
- noxious and destructive
- noxious and mortal
- disastrous and destructive
- disastrous and mortal
- dire and destructive
- dire and mortal
- poisonous and destructive
- poisonous and mortal
Both words in one sentence
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Destructive Romance: Lady Lys' spirit gets permanently broken by her mortal lover Cristopher Rudd.
Source: Comicbook / Lucifer - To be clear, the evil in question has been sealed away, but in a way that allows it to still influence the mortal world, most often in destructive ways.
Source: Leaking Can of Evil -
Coyote/Road Runner episode "Silent But Deadly" both Road Runner and Wily are locked into a direct confrontation with each other, it's laced with Mortal Kombat overtones - Wily's costume akin to Scorpion's outfit, destructive weapons, a dark moonlit night with a fatality to frost the cake!
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