destroyable
5.1
A thing that people can break or damage so it stops working and is gone
- adjective
- /dɪˈstrɔɪəbl/
:
destruible
- Plastic bottles are often destroyable through recycling processes.
Examples
-
As long as the cancer was destroyable by drugs, there was a battle to be fought.
Academic text (1993) -
The old building was deemed destroyable after years of neglect and weather damage.
-
The video game characters are destroyable by the villain's powerful attacks.
Synonyms
breakable
vsdestroyable
5
1.3
Easy to damage or fall into pieces
is more severe, meaning something may stop existing or stop working
destructible
vsdestroyable
1
4.8
Easy to break or damage
is broader, not necessarily harmed by slight force
obliterable
vsdestroyable
9.9
Can disappear completely with no trace remaining
is less extreme, may leave some remains or still work
8.9
Able to be completely destroyed or removed
is broader and may mean loss of use rather than total removal
9.9
Able to be completely removed
is less absolute sometimes only causing loss of function not entire removal
eradicable
vsdestroyable
7.1
A thing people can completely remove, for example a disease or weed
is about losing existence or function rather than just removal
Antonyms
How Durable
Surface Forms
destroyable positive
Morphology
Etymology
Destroyable comes from destroy, which originally meant 'to pull or break down' and is built from de- 'down' plus the same root you see in structure meaning 'build'. The ending -able means 'can be', so destroyable simply means something 'can be destroyed'.