destructive
/dɪˈstrʌktɪv/
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American sound/dɪˈstrʌktɪv/
dɪˈstrʌktɪv
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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- Final e often stays silent
dɪ - ˈstrʌktɪv -> destructive
Myanmar meaning
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destructive /dÇ'strʌktÇv/ adj
(က) ဖျက်ဆီးသော။ ပျက်စီးစေ သော။
the destructive force of the storm ❍ the destructive effects of anxiety on his life.
(ခ) ဖျက်ဆီးတတ်သော။ ပျက်စီးစေလိုသော။ ဖျက်လိုဖျက်ဆီး လုပ်သော။
destructive urges/emotions ❍ Are all small children so destructive? Compare CONSTRUCTIVE destructively adv destructiveness n [U]
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unhelpful, critical, negative, disparaging, harsh, caustic, vicious, abrasive, adverse, annihilative, antagonistic, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cancerous, cankerous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consumptive, contrary, corrosive, cutthroat, damaging, deadly, deleterious, derogatory, detrimental, devastating, dire, disastrous, discouraging, discrediting, eradicative, erosive, evil, extirpative, fatal, fell, harmful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, internecine, invalidating, lethal, lethiferous, mortal, noisome, noxious, offensive, opposed, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, ruinous, slaughterous, suicidal, toxic, troublesome, undermining, venomous, wrackful, wreckful
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