DESTRUCTIVENESS

destructiveness

(noun) the quality of causing destruction

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

destructiveness (uncountable)

the state or quality of being destructive

Source: Wiktionary


De*struc"tive*ness, n.

1. The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.

2. (Phren.)

Definition: The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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