Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Sadistic and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadistic" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Sadistic
Sadistic adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Destructive and sadistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Sadistic".
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It was written this way to show how destructive and sadistic Cynder's Dark Form was.
Source: Mook Horror Show - Magneto, a destructive, near-sadistic, and extremely biased human-hating asshole... was revealed in the prequel to be a Holocaust survivor
Source: Sympathy for the Devil -
At the same time, he is driven by vengeance, murderous, sadistic, subversive, and wantonly destructive.
Source: Byronic Hero
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