The phrase "a destructive impact" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the negative effects or consequences of an action, event, or phenomenon.
Example: "The oil spill had a destructive impact on the local marine ecosystem, leading to the death of numerous species."
Alternatives: "a harmful effect" or "a damaging influence."
Sharks have long reproductive cycles so targeting juveniles can have a destructive impact on wild populations.
Sexual abuse has a destructive impact on personality and self-belief, which makes it a damaging and serious crime.
And moreover, the report found there were no consequences if the mine had a destructive impact on the birds.
The Associated Press quoted Ms. Ashrawi as saying that the decision would have "a destructive impact" on the talks.
"A good part of what drives the fashion business is perceived obsolescence, but it can have a destructive impact on consumers," Mr. Sachs said.
While Mr. Putin warned that crime had a "destructive impact on all spheres of society and the state," the real problem that Russia faces today is not a crime wave but a crisis of law enforcement.
The alternative, she warns, is perpetual adolescence and superficiality – a condition that will have a tragically destructive impact on both our intimate relationships and upon our democracy.
They need not be corrupt for their grotesquely magnified power to have a highly destructive impact on the broad public interest (though it helps).
In a rush to continue denigrating American agriculture, you ignore land use and carbon impacts of oil production, the increasing efficiency of corn and ethanol production in the United States and the fact that logging, cattle ranching and other activities have a more destructive impact on tropical forests than anything else.
Insurgency wars have geopolitical linkages, often transferring national and international conflicts onto the local level, with a consequential destructive impact on the rural economy (Miall 2004; Mburu 2005; Whittaker 2012) and population displacements (James 2007).
The reality is, football has the potential to have a lasting destructive impact on the bodies of the young men who participate in the sport.
