Whately.
Syn. — Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant; baleful; pernicious; mischievous.
Destructive
(De*struc"tive), n. One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
Destructively
(De*struc"tive*ly), adv. In a destructive manner.
Destructiveness
(De*struc"tive*ness) n.
1. The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.
2. (Phren.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.
Destructor
(De*struc"tor) n. [L., from destruere. See Destroy, and cf. Destroyer.] A destroyer. [R.]
Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things.
Boyle. Destruie
(De*struie") v. t. To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Desudation
(Des`u*da"tion) n. [L. desudatio, fr. desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat.]
(Med.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
Desuete
(De*suete") a. [L. desuetus, p. p. of desuescere to disuse.] Disused; out of use. [R.]
Desuetude
(Des"ue*tude) n. [L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere
to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude. See Custom.] The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance
of practice, custom, or fashion.
The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established.
Jer. Taylor. Desulphurate
(De*sul"phu*rate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desulphurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desulphurating.]
To deprive of sulphur.
Desulphuration
(De*sul`phu*ra"tion) n. [Cf. F. désulfuration.] The act or process of depriving of sulphur.
Desulphurize
(De*sul"phur*ize) v. t. To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. — De*sul`phur*i*za"tion n.
Desultorily
(Des"ul*to*ri*ly) adv. In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.
Desultoriness
(Des"ul*to*ri*ness), n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.
The seeming desultoriness of my method.
Boyle. Desultorious
(Des`ul*to"ri*ous) a. Desultory. [R.]
