Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Painful and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Painful" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Painful
Painful adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.
Destructive and painful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Painful".
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Yonai opposes the warmongers but believes that, for the future peace and prosperity of Japan, a painful and destructive defeat is necessary.
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August Strindberg however was Romantic, dealing with dreams, difficult and painful relationships and self-destructive individuals.
Source: Romanticism Versus Enlightenment - In Darwin's Soldiers, Deathwind, a Dragonstorm experiment, can create a painful and very destructive noise by vibrating his wings.
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