Larger earthquakes hit the area every few years with potentially destructive effects.

But until Saturday he had not framed the problem as potentially destructive to the country and his hopes for change.

He said a plan had been developed that would not rely so much on a potentially destructive gas.

There are important issues at stake, including the potentially destructive involvement of the religious right.

The Republicans take somewhat bolder steps, but some of these are potentially destructive.

And they regard it as a potentially destructive influence in world relations.

"The creature you tried to bring into the tower was potentially destructive."

I was an unknown, potentially destructive element in a situation already far too sloppy.

Viruses are potentially destructive programs that secretly spread between computers.

If the parents stay married, the child will worry about the potentially destructive power of the secret.