破壊的(はかいてき)

はかいてき
na-adjective
destructive
1. destructive; devastating
Causing severe damage, destruction, or disruption; having the power to destroy.
台風(たいふう)は破壊的(はかいてき)な被害(ひがい)をもたらした。
The typhoon caused devastating damage.
破壊的(はかいてき)な批判(ひはん)は避(さ)けるべきだ。
Destructive criticism should be avoided.
2. disruptive (in business/innovation context)
Radically changing or overturning an existing market, industry, or way of doing things.
破壊的(はかいてき)イノベーションが業界(ぎょうかい)を変(か)えた。
Disruptive innovation changed the industry.

FORMS:

  • Adverbial: 破壊的(はかいてき)に (destructively)

ETYMOLOGY:
破壊(はかい) (destruction) + 的(てき) (adjectival suffix)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 破壊的(はかいてき)な威力(いりょく): destructive power
  • 破壊的(はかいてき)な影響(えいきょう): destructive influence
  • 破壊的(はかいてき)な行為(こうい): destructive act

BUSINESS USAGE:
破壊的(はかいてき)イノベーション (disruptive innovation) refers to innovations that create new markets and eventually displace established competitors. This is a loanword concept from Clayton Christensen's theory.

CONTRAST:

  • 建設的(けんせつてき): constructive (opposite in sense 1)

Related Words

Antonym: 建設的(けんせつてき) (constructive)
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Added 2026.1.17 12:50 · Revised 2026.1.19 21:17
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