Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who believes in or advocates destruction, especially of existing social institutions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who favors or engages in destruction; a destructive.
- noun In theology, one who believes in the final complete destruction or annihilation of the wicked; an annihilationist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.
- noun (Theol.) One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also
annihilationist .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who delights in
destroying that which isvaluable , or whoseprinciples andinfluence tend to destroy existinginstitutions . - noun One who believes in the final
destruction or completeannihilation of thewicked ; anannihilationist .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A warning to viewers during the broadcast said they should beware of "destructionist" international broadcasts.
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A warning to viewers during the broadcast said they should beware of "destructionist" international broadcasts.
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The revolution promised by the small but potent faction of radical Islamists was rather destructionist.
The Desire for Liberty Is Universal Michael Novak 2011
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To conservatards, gore and other “environmentalist whackos” are evil because they will try to make the conservatives stop their destructionist lifestyle …
Think Progress » Netanyahu Adviser Ya’alon: ‘I Do Not Accept’ Any Withdrawal From Settlements 2010
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I am glad this woman is moving on with her live and her family peacefully with having to listen to this vulture of so called news destructionist medias.
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We need constructionist political leaders willing to risk their political futures to make our country stronger -- not a destructionist party willing to risk the economic security of the nation to have their chance at leading it.
Jamal Simmons: Another Day, Another Dodge from the GOP on Wall Street Reform Jamal Simmons 2010
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We need constructionist political leaders willing to risk their political futures to make our country stronger -- not a destructionist party willing to risk the economic security of the nation to have their chance at leading it.
Jamal Simmons: Another Day, Another Dodge from the GOP on Wall Street Reform Jamal Simmons 2010
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Any fool could tell you its a bad idea to let a destructionist play with nukes.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Any fool could tell you its a bad idea to let a destructionist play with nukes.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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To refuse needed funds out of grossly misguided principals is destructionist.
IT IS NOT PERMANENT 2009
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