Tending to tear apart, fragment, or separate; characterized by rending or division.
From discerpt + -ive (adjective suffix meaning 'tending to'). Following Latin patterns of creating adjectives that describe habitual or natural qualities.
A discerptive force would be one that naturally divides or breaks things apart — you might describe criticism as discerptive if it tears apart ideas rather than building them up.
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