destructive activity

collocation in English

meaningsofdestructiveandactivity

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destructive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/
causing, or able to ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofdestructiveandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They might pass on from this beneficentdestructiveactivityto something more atomic.
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These people at the moment are driven intodestructiveactivity.
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By means of this simple two-step cascade, thedestructiveactivityof these digestive hydrolases is confined to the lumen of the intestine.
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Chapter 9 of only a few pages concludes by admonishing us for our destructive activities.
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If better roads are available, forest staff may be able to reach interior locations quickly so as to handle destructive activities such as illegal logging or forest fires.
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Aoyama the demise of centralized dynastic authority was accompanied by destructive activities.
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Is it handing over the territory to murderous thugs whose purely destructive activities are terrorising parts of the territory?
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The destructive activities of the occupying powers are still more in evidence than the constructive ones.
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Therefore, for 28 days the owner may legally continue with his destructive activities, and often does.
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Thirdly, they asked for the removal of the extensive and ecologically destructive activities of the regime in the marshes, such as on the dams and drainage channels.
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It involves lowering income taxes while raising levies on environmentally destructive activities, in order to create a more responsive market.
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These individuals believe that their government is engaged in immoral, unethical or destructive activities such as war, and paying taxes inevitably funds these activities.
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