The phrase "a destructive effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the negative impact or harm caused by an action, event, or phenomenon.
Example: "The pollution from the factory has a destructive effect on the local ecosystem."
Alternatives: "a harmful impact" or "a damaging influence."
Both sides of that question may have a destructive effect on the relationship between imagination and memory.
"Some of them have had a destructive effect on political discourse because they are so venomous," he said.
The alcohol or ammonia used in most cleaning products can have a destructive effect on the plastic used in most L.C.D. screens.
I fear this act by the world's premier Holocaust research and remembrance institution will have a destructive effect on hundreds of other Jewish sites throughout the world.
Miliband knows that a top 1% – or even a top 0.1% – soaring into the stratosphere, cutting loose from everyone else, is having a destructive effect on British society, warping, for instance, the housing market in London and the south-east.
Unfortunately, Barry seems to have a destructive effect on the lives of anyone in his immediate proximity, and Tim soon finds himself without a girlfriend and in danger of destroying any chance he ever had of attaining promotion.
However, a major destructive effect on AML, ALL and carcinoma (EACC) cells was obtained by a fraction of the polar organic solvents (water and 70% ethanol).
A related destructive effect comes from the "dynamic pressure," or high-velocity wind, that accompanies the shock wave.
It's a story of the relationship between a mother, her daughter and her granddaughters, in which betrayal, manipulation and emotional histrionics are shown to have a cumulatively destructive effect across the generations.
By comparing the slopes defined by the Paris law, a faster destructive effect was observed in ENF fatigue tests compared with that observed during the DCB fatigue tests.
