destructible
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4.8
- adjective
- /dɪˈstrʌktəbl/
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destructible
- When I felt last week how thin the threads are that bind me to the destructible world, I felt a cold, ozone-like lightness.
Examples
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They are destructible.
Blog text (18) -
Plenty of weapon choices and some destructible environments make for fast-paced, frenetic battle scenes.
Blog text (14) -
Then I'll Have To See How Destructible Your Monster Is.
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And that gives you this destructive potential over a destructible man.
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I know a person in this position should right away ballast themselves with the reminder that our bonds to all other people are always and already the threads binding us to the destructible world.
Blog text (20) -
With incredibly detailed units, fully destructible environments, dynamic physics, and exhilarating visual effects, Command & Conquer is poised to redefine what gamers expect from a strategy game.
Blog text (16) -
He doesn't finish on a particularly happy note: writing in 1949, with WWII still fresh in his memory, White identifies a subtle change in the city—the recognition that New York is destructible.
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Shelly stared at her friend and realized she didn't know what Elna might do next—that everything and everyone had somehow been reduced to their simplest, most destructible element.
Fiction book (1995) -
The old building was so destructible that a single blow from the wrecking ball brought it down.
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The destructible toys make cleanup much easier after playtime since they can be easily broken apart.
Synonyms
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1.3
Easy to damage or fall into pieces
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9.9
Easily broken or damaged
A thing that people can break or damage so it stops working and is gone
Can disappear completely with no trace remaining
Antonyms
How Destructible
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3.4
581
4.0
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4.8
66
5.4
56
3.6
34
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Destructible comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' and struct meaning 'build', the same struct you find in structure or construct. So something destructible can be taken 'down' or broken apart, which is why it means 'able to be destroyed' or 'easily damaged'.