How do you say “destructive” in Vietnamese?

“Destructive” in Vietnamese is phá hoại (to vandalize), huỷ diệt (to destroy).

Vietnamese words for “destructive”

• phá hoạiListenverb
  Hanoi [faː˧˦ hwaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [faː˦˥ waːj˨˩˨]phá rising hoại heavy

  to vandalize; to sabotage

  for “destructive” meaning: Causing destruction; damaging.

• huỷ diệtListenverb
  Hanoi [hwi˧˩ ziət̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [wɪj˨˩˦ jiək̚˨˩˨]huỷ dipping diệt heavy

  to destroy; exterminate; annihilate

  for “destructive” meaning: Causing destruction; damaging.

Related Vietnamese words

• phá huỷListenverb

  to destroy; to demolish; to ruin

• tiêu cựcListenadjective

  negative

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.