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destructibility

American  
[di-struhkt-uh-bil-i-tee] / dɪˌstrʌkt əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. the quality or degree of being susceptible to being destroyed, especially rapidly or easily.


Example Sentences

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He was across the table from another tough leader who has knocked his way to the top and knows the destructibility of politicians and their dreams.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another reason why money has never been popular with us is because of its destructibility.

From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

The destructibility or indestructibility of the ether cannot be considered from the same standpoint as that for matter, either ideally or really.

From The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)

Existing with no evidence of its destruction or of its destructibility, we ought to believe in its immortality; hence, I conclude, if a man die, he will live again.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange

All the processes by which I had been able to arrive at the precious proof of the destructibility of matter were there—all.

From Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston