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destructively

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de·struc·tive  (d-strktv)
adj.
1. Causing or wreaking destruction; ruinous: a destructive act; a policy that is destructive to the economy.
2. Designed or tending to disprove or discredit: destructive criticism.
de·structive·ly adv.
de·structive·ness, destruc·tivi·ty (dstrk-tv-t) n.
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Adv.1.destructively - in a destructive manner; "he is destructively aggressive"
Translations
destructively [dɪsˈtrʌktɪvlɪ] ADV → destructivamente, de modo destructivo
the storm struck violently and destructively → la tormenta se abatió violenta y destructiva
destructively [dɪˈstrʌktɪvli] adv → de façon destructrice
destructively
adv → destruktiv; to be destructively critical → destruktive Kritik üben
destructively [dɪsˈtrʌktɪvlɪ] adv (act, criticise) → in modo distruttivo
destructively [dɪsˈtrʌktɪvlɪ] adv (act, criticise) → in modo distruttivo


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Niepce, a Frenchman, discovered "actinism," that power in the sun's rays which produces a chemical effect; that granite rocks, and stone structures, and statues of metal "are all alike destructively acted upon during the hours of sunshine, and, but for provisions of Nature no less wonderful, would soon perish under the delicate touch of the most subtle of the agencies of the universe.
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