Destructive
Destructive adjective - Causing or tending to cause destruction.
Worse and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Worse" with "Destructive", this adjectives are similar.
Worse
Worse adjective - (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability.
Destructive and worse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Worse".
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Sex Is Evil: While the film portrays sex that isn't based on love as being self-destructive, Joe claims that love is even worse.
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Godzilla Threshold: While the Counterdragons are very powerful, they're also incredibly destructive and only appear when the disaster they're fighting is even worse for the planet.
Source: Light Novel / Unlimited Fafnir -
Wendy is "original" Lost Girl who believes that women have it good as it is and that any changes are self-destructive and for the worse.
Source: Literature / Lost Girls
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