Destructive
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

MAD
Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"

APE
Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

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UGLY
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

WILD
A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

DIRE
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

FELL
The act of felling something (as a tree)

LEAL
Faithful and true; "leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart"- Harry Lauder

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FATED
(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"

LEAKY
Used informally; unable to retain urine

ACUTE
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

CRUEL
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

BLOWN
Breathing laboriously or convulsively

HAIRY
Having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

TOXIC
Of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"

GRAVE
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

FALSE
Deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"

ENDED
Having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

AWFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

RISKY
Not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

ROUGH
Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

CRAZY
Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

FIERY
Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

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FUMING

SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

CURSED
In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls"

STRONG
Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"

TRAGIC
Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"

TRYING
Extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

WASTED
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

RUINED
Doomed to extinction

MALIGN
Evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"

BLOWSY
Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women

FATAL

POTENT
Having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

ENDING
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

RAGING
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

SAVAGE
A cruelly rapacious person

LETHAL
Of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"

FAULTY
Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"

SLIPPY
Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

FALLEN
Having fallen in or collapsed; "a fallen building"

WICKED
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

SHAMED
Suffering shame

DEADLY
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

FIERCE
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

URGENT
Compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"

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VIOLENT
Characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode

DECAYED
Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"

FATEFUL
Ominously prophetic

FATFREE

IMMORAL
Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

USEABLE
Capable of being put to use; "usable byproducts"

FALLING
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"

VERYBAD

USHAPED

HURTFUL
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

VICIOUS
Having the nature of vice

FEARFUL
Timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"

UNSOUND
Of e.g. advice

RIOTOUS
Produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"

HOSTILE
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"

DAMAGED
Being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation"

HARMFUL
Causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

TOTALED
Used of automobiles; completely demolished; "the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled"

RUINOUS
Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war"

WINNING
Succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"

ENRAGED
Marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"

FRANTIC
Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"

CRUCIAL
Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

OPPOSED
Being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"

CHAOTIC
Lacking a visible order or organization

PAINFUL
Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

FURIOUS
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

WRECKED
Destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars"

CAUSTIC
Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

SMASHED
Very drunk

GALLING
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

WEARING
The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"

EROSIVE
Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

INTENSE
(of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"

AROUSED
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

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FLAWLESS
Without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"

CONTRARY
Exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty"

SLEEPING
Quiet and inactive restfulness

TERRIBLE
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

CRASHING
Informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"

VEHEMENT
Characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense"

FINISHED
(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist"

POWERFUL
Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow"

SMASHING
The act of breaking something into small pieces

DREADFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

NEGATIVE
A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

DEFEATED
People who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"

MURDERED
Killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"

PILLAGED
Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"

ILLTIMED

TRIPPING
Moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"

FORCEFUL
Forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"

INIMICAL
Not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

REVERSED
Turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"