Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Trying and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Destructive and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Trying".
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He was trying to invoke this trope by slamming it into the planet in a destructive manner, whereas Mata Nui was trying to gently merge the planet and moons together.
Source: Colony Drop -
So he's basically trying to keep the world together by trying to re-imprison two wildly destructive above-godlike being.
Source: Wardens Are Evil -
However, given that they are trying to avoid a vast and destructive conflict by means of a vast and destructive conflict, there's crossover with Well-Intentioned Extremist.
Source: Light Novel / Crest of the Stars
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