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destructibility

destructibility

7.7
How easily something can be broken or ruined
  • noun
  • /dɪˌstrʌktəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : destructibilidad
  • Scientists study the destructibility of various materials to improve safety in construction.

Examples

  • The destructibility of plastic products raises concerns about environmental impact.

  • The film highlights the destructibility of human relationships in times of crisis.

  • This is my worst experience of the destructibility of the world around me.

    Blog text (20)

  • Toddler in terms of curiosity, toddler in terms of destructibility and and cat in terms of owning the sky and the ground.

  • Addicted to the gorgeous sculpting of the news of our destructibility, being not alone in that as in using language in ways irrelevant to the mothers' dumb yearnings hidden must have their food.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

fragility
vsdestructibility
17 5.2

Something that is easy to break or damage, like glass

is focused on being vulnerable to ruin rather than general delicacy
breakability
vsdestructibility
5.8

How easily something breaks or gets damaged

is about being open to total ruin rather than just easy failure
frangibility
vsdestructibility
9.9

The ability of something to break easily

is about overall vulnerability to ruin rather than only easy failure
damageability
vsdestructibility
7.6

A measure of how easily something can be harmed or broken

is about risk of complete ruin rather than simple harm or imperfection
perishableness
vsdestructibility
8.9

How quickly food or other things go bad

is about being vulnerable to ruin in any way not only decay over time
degradability
vsdestructibility
  • Specialized
6.1

How easily something breaks down naturally over time

is about being vulnerable to ruin in general not only slow natural breakdown

Antonyms

indestructibility
1 9.0

A quality that makes something impossible to break or harm

How Destructible

fragility
17 5.2
destructibility
7.7
resilience
52 4.8
durability
22 3.8

Surface Forms

destructibility singular
destructibilities plural

Morphology

destructibility = destructible (transparent) = destruct + ible + ity

Formed by standard derivation: 'destructible' (able to be destroyed) + '-ity' yields the noun meaning 'the quality of being able to be destroyed'.

Etymology

Destructibility comes from destruct, which breaks into de- ('remove') and struct ('build'), the same part you see in construct and structure. So think of it as 'able to be un-built' or broken, which explains why it means the quality of being able to be destroyed.