Neither does rm, doesn't mean it's not destructive.

Especially in the case of disk recovery, where there's already missing file metadata. Destroying even more file metadata can make the data harder or impossible to recover.

I think there's a midwit meme application here:

low IQ: Don't to use anything with the word wipe in it

mid IQ says "technically it isn't a delete and it depends on the options that you give it, by default blabla...."

High IQ: Don't use anything with the word wipe in it if you don't want to wipe data.