destructive

破壊的な、有害な

人や物に大きな害や損害を与える。

やさしい英語で： Causing serious harm or damage to people or things.

• The storm was very destructive.
• His destructive behavior hurt the whole family.
• These insects can be destructive to crops.

類義語： damaging, harmful, ruinous

反対語： constructive

よく使う表現： destructive behavior, destructive force, highly destructive

破壊的な、不可逆な

元の情報を、取り消せない形で変えたり消したりする。

やさしい英語で： Changing or removing original information in a way that cannot be undone.

• Destructive editing changes the original file.
• Make a copy before applying a destructive filter.
• This destructive operation permanently removes some image data.

反対語： nondestructive

よく使う表現： destructive editing, destructive operation, destructive changes

分解性の、破壊的な

物を細かい部分に分けたり、ばらばらに崩したりする。

やさしい英語で： Breaking something into smaller parts or causing it to fall apart.

• The enzyme has a destructive effect on proteins.
• Destructive processes break large molecules into smaller ones.
• Researchers measured destructive changes in the tissue.

類義語： degradative

反対語： constructive

よく使う表現： destructive metabolism, destructive process, destructive enzymes