destructiveness
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- noun
- /dɪˈstrʌktɪvnəs/
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destructividad
- The destructiveness of the hurricane left many homes in ruins.
- the destructiveness of war
- self-destructiveness
- human destructiveness
And hopefully over a stretch of millennia, the rate of conflict and the destructiveness of conflict decreases.
- And hopefully over a stretch of millennia, the rate of conflict and the destructiveness of conflict decreases.
- So the destructiveness of the Wizards is affecting the the magic that the witches are using.
- He demonstrated the complete nullification of eco and destructiveness and fear.
- And for people, the exposure to the death and then all the friends and family and, you know, and the and the destructiveness of that, of that.
- I mean, they have imaginations in terms of destructiveness that none of us who would be a normal person could ever think of.
Examples
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And hopefully over a stretch of millennia, the rate of conflict and the destructiveness of conflict decreases.
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Bards both black and white created songs that ruefully noted the boll weevil's destructiveness and creepy ubiquity.
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Its destructiveness makes no sense.
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For all their blind destructiveness, the play suggests, men at least understand and shape historical forces.
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This sort of terrible destructiveness that can occur in this wartime situation.
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So the destructiveness of the Wizards is affecting the the magic that the witches are using.
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Proportionality: the response to aggression must not exceed the destructiveness of the original aggression.
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The destructiveness of the war potential through progressive advances in scientific discovery has, in fact, now reached a point which revises the traditional concept of war.
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Meanwhile, as predicted, without Cristina the relationship between Juan Antonio and Maria Elena had gone back to its old destructiveness.
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With that being said, Rand also discussed the destructiveness of altruism in The Virtue of Selfishness.
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Synonyms
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3.0
Severe damage that makes something no longer exist or cannot be fixed
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4.8
Great destruction that leaves places badly damaged, for example after a war or storm
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6.1
The chance that something will harm people or property
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4.8
How much something can hurt people, animals, or things
A state that is likely to cause great damage
Great harm that can cause death or serious damage
The quality of causing harm to people or things
Antonyms
How Destructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
destructiveness = destructive (transparent) = destruct + ive + ness
Derived directly from the adjective 'destructive' + noun-forming '-ness', giving the straightforward meaning 'the quality of being destructive'.
Etymology
The word destructiveness comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' and struct meaning 'build', the same part you see in construct and structure. So destructiveness is literally about 'pulling down', which explains why it means the quality of causing damage or destruction.