Destructiveness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being destructive. uncountable

    "Would Helen’s face-seductiveness have wrought as much destructiveness, Would Antony have followed Cleopatra like a lamb, Unless those ladies’ vanities for snaring male humanities Had been associated with a quantum suff. of glam.?"

  2. 2
    the quality of causing destruction wordnet

Synonyms

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animalityatrocitybarbaritybloodlustbrutalityextremity

Example

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"Would Helen’s face-seductiveness have wrought as much destructiveness, Would Antony have followed Cleopatra like a lamb, Unless those ladies’ vanities for snaring male humanities Had been associated with a quantum suff. of glam.?"

Etymology

From destructive + -ness.

Related phrases

self-destructiveness

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