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Definition of Destructiveness
1. Noun. The quality of causing destruction.
Specialized synonyms: Harmfulness, Injuriousness, Poison
Antonyms: Constructiveness
Derivative terms: Destructive
Definition of Destructiveness
1. n. The quality of destroying or ruining.
Definition of Destructiveness
1. Noun. the state or quality of being destructive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Destructiveness
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Medical Definition of Destructiveness
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1. The quality of destroying or ruining.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Destructiveness
Literary usage of Destructiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Phrenology by George Combe (1842)
"On visiting London Bedlam in 1824,1 examined the head of a male patient, and
pronounced Combativeness and destructiveness to be uncommonly large. ..."
2. The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany (1839)
"Functions of Combativeness and destructiveness. — " On page 333 of your last
volume you have a paragraph on the functions of Combativeness and ..."
3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Board of Horticulture (1882)
"... and by many is confounded with it, but it is not to Be compared to the latter
for destructiveness. ..."
4. Studies of a Biographer by Sir Leslie Stephen (1902)
"... even in the Darwinian form, and accepted the results of a criticism once
supposed to be destructive without admitting the destructiveness. ..."
5. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"... because of his merciless destructiveness in Rome, as well as in other places
for instance, in Loreto.* Michael Angelo complained to Julius II., ..."
6. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"THE destructiveness OF TORNADOES. In investigating tornadoes, great difficulty
was experienced in accurately determining property ..."
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