Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destructive; poisonous.
- noun Anything that destroys; a destructive agent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Destructive; poisonous.
- noun obsolete That which destroys.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete That which
destroys . - adjective obsolete
Destructive ,poisonous .
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(with deletery consequences to the quality of services provided); DASP was the beginning of professionalization of civil servants in Brazil.
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