destructive influence

collocation in English

meaningsofdestructiveandinfluence

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destructive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/
causing, or able to ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofdestructiveandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdestructive influence

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However, female sensuality does exert a paralyzing, ultimatelydestructiveinfluence.
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A bilateral approach on energy and foreign policy issues has adestructiveinfluenceon how seriously we are taken.
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Unfortunately, less constructive ideas are also in the report, such as a refusal to accept thedestructiveinfluenceof subsidies.
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I believe that we must be careful not to provide an excuse for an individual who may exercise an extremelydestructiveinfluencein society.
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It is wrong to suggest that the concept of the welfare state is necessarily an undermining anddestructiveinfluenceon the wealth-creating capacity of a nation.
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What measures can be taken to meet thedestructiveinfluencewhich the inequalities within society caused by long-term unemployment may have upon the thinking and behaviour of our people?
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He successfully employed alcoholic vapours, and a varnish of his own invention, to protect paintings against thedestructiveinfluenceof the atmosphere.
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Thedestructiveinfluenceof superstitions is clearly discernible in their lives.
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He is critical of religion, arguing that they are a social construct that can havedestructiveinfluenceon humanity.
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However, female sensuality does exert a paralyzing, ultimatelydestructiveinfluence.
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It is a pervasive and all toodestructiveinfluencein the behavior of individuals, groups, organizations, and nations.
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Breton later despised her, claiming she was adestructiveinfluenceon the artists she befriended.
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Rousseau found the idea to which he would passionately dedicate the rest of his intellectual life: thedestructiveinfluenceof civilization on human beings.
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Is it not a social injustice of the very worst kind, to subject thousands of our fellow-countrymen to these destructive influences?
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Our high unemployment is one of the most destructive influences on family life.
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No efforts of teachers can survive the influences, the destructive influences, of slumdom.
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I only hope that he has guarded himself against the snares of obstructive and destructive influences, which can assume all sorts of guises, sometimes of charmers, sometimes of aggressors.
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Let us hope it is a point where the individual matters and the opportunity for a three-tier family unit can he encouraged and perhaps the destructive influences can he avoided.
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Larson plays guitar; he has claimed his early experiences as a musician led to his concerns about occult and destructive influences in rock music.
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English was still considered as a dangerous language, because of possible religious and tradition destructive influences.
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