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Destructive distillation — is the chemical process involving the decomposition of feedstock by heating to a high temperature; the term generally applies to processing of organic material in the absence of air or in the presence of limited amounts of oxygen or other… … Wikipedia
Destructive — De*struc tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as, intemperance is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Destructive distillation — Destructive De*struc tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Destructive sorties — Destructive De*struc tive, a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
destructive-metabolic — adj. prenom. (Biochemistry & Physiology) energy releasing (prenominal); same as {catabolic}. Syn: . [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
destructive — [adj1] injurious, devastating annihilative, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cancerous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consumptive, cutthroat, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, dire, disastrous, eradicative, evil, extirpative, fatal, fell,… … New thesaurus
destructive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing destruction. 2) negative and unhelpful: destructive criticism. DERIVATIVES destructively adverb destructiveness noun … English terms dictionary
destructive — [di struk′tiv] adj. [OFr destructif < LL destructivus] 1. tending or likely to cause destruction 2. causing or producing destruction; destroying 3. merely negative; not helpful [destructive criticism] destructively adv. destructiveness n.… … English World dictionary
Destructive — De*struc tive, n. One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Destructive device — (zu deutsch etwa: destruktives oder zerstörerisches Gerät) ist ein Begriff aus dem Rechtssystem der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Ein destruktives Gerät ist demnach eine Schusswaffe oder ein Sprengsatz, der in den USA durch den National… … Deutsch Wikipedia
destructive — I adjective annihilating, baleful, damaging, destroying, detrimental, feral, harmful, injurious, internecine, malign, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, pernicious II index adverse (negative), bad (offens … Law dictionary
