destructive
adjective
tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of orto ).
nondestructive
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a word derived from
destructive.
Example Sentences
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There is a caveat: while the technique spots early changes in a nondestructive way, conservators can't easily recreate the bulky laser setup in their own museums.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
The new nondestructive research technique, used at a "clean room" laboratory in Leipzig, works much like a washing machine.
From Reuters ● May 3, 2023
“It’s the first time to my knowledge that we have a nondestructive way to extract DNA from Paleolithic artifacts,” says co-author Marie Soressi, an archaeologist at Leiden University.
From Science Magazine ● May 3, 2023
Most people live cosseted in the vague belief that their existence and the work that they do are essentially nondestructive, but hardly anyone in our era could really say that about themselves.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
To develop a rapid, nondestructive way to identify human blood, State University of New York at Albany forensic chemists Igor Lednev and Ewelina Mistek-Morabito combined spectroscopy and statistics.
From Scientific American ● May 13, 2021
