The phrase "a destructive effect in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the negative consequences or impacts of something within a specific context or area.
Example: "The new policy has had a destructive effect in the community, leading to increased tensions among residents."
Alternatives: "a harmful impact on" or "a detrimental effect on".
It has been commonly stated that −20°C is lethal for cells and that this temperature should be produced in the tissue to achieve a destructive effect; however, no in vivo experiments have been done to support the view that −20°C is an appropriate goal in cryoablation [ 23].
It is the recognition that whether one's intent is cruel or well-meaning, semantics can have a destructive effect -- both in terms of the attitudes it conjures as well as the actions motivated by these attitudes that may result in a less accepting culture.
This vicious cycle has a destructive effect on many families in the UK.
The study also draws on a case study by Prof. Ronnie Ellenblum, a geographer and historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, of another regional collapse 2,000 years later to explain why, unlike in the steppe regions, a decrease in precipitation would have such a destructive effect on established city-states in green areas like Megiddo.
The alcohol or ammonia used in most cleaning products can have a destructive effect on the plastic used in most L.C.D. screens.
The crystallization of salts on walls and wall paintings results in a destructive effect.
Quackery disguised as science can have a destructive effect on a country already deep in trouble, on a people profoundly misguided by the populist rhetoric of most of their politicians.
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, as desired and multipath signals are treated as one wave, the weights will have a destructive effect on the desired signal and in the process of mitigating multipath, the desired signal will also be cancelled (Widrow et al. 1982).
