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
Vital and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vital" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Vital
Vital adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.
Usage example: received a vital wound in the abdomen
Destructive and vital are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Vital".
Both words in one sentence
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Furthermore, thanks to their emotional restrictions they play a vital part in ensuring the world peace after two destructive world wars.
Source: Clones Are People, Too -
He's brilliant and eye-catching, vital, loves life, but he's terribly destructive and changes whatever he touches; the deliberate Lucifer inspiration makes it all the stronger (since Lucifer means 'light-bringer', and is, of course, associated with hellfire).
Source: Series / Hannibal
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