destructive

destructeur, nocif

Qui cause de graves dommages à des personnes ou à des choses.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : damaging, harmful, ruinous

Contraires : constructive

Expressions courantes : destructive behavior, destructive force, highly destructive

destructif

Qui modifie ou supprime les informations d’origine sans possibilité de les rétablir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Contraires : nondestructive

Expressions courantes : destructive editing, destructive operation, destructive changes

dégradatif, destructeur

Qui décompose quelque chose en éléments plus petits ou le fait se désagréger.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : degradative

Contraires : constructive

Expressions courantes : destructive metabolism, destructive process, destructive enzymes