destructive impact

collocation in English

meaningsofdestructiveandimpact

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destructive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/
causing, or able to ...
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˈɪm.pækt/us
/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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(Definition ofdestructiveandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Of particular interest is thedestructiveimpactof iron production and agricultural settlement on the forest resources of the region.
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Information provided by sensor measurements must be used, so as to improve the robustness of the observer without adestructiveimpacton the sensitivity to the failures.
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The report debunks the myth that an influx of foreign workers would have adestructiveimpacton the economy of the country in question.
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Instead, those whose duty it is to combat thedestructiveimpactof drugs on the young have displayed a forbearance so permissive as to make parents weep.
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He began construction in 1970, to demonstrate how urban conditions could be improved while minimizing thedestructiveimpacton the earth.
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She answers that it may be related to her fears about her society'sdestructiveimpacton itself and the environment.
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The reductionism and egalitarianism inherent in capitalism explains itsdestructiveimpacton social institutions.
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However, acknowledging the destructive impacts of rough sleeping and begging does not necessarily justify coercive or forceful techniques to stop people engaging in either activity.
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Thedestructiveimpactof the waves on the low-lying islands was mitigated by the fact there was no continental shelf or land mass upon which the waves could gain height.
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They argue that trading pollution allowances should be avoided because they result in failures in accounting, dubious science and the destructive impacts of projects upon local peoples and environments.
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