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Destructiveness

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Noun

1. destructiveness

the quality of causing destruction

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Destructiveness

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adjective
1. (often postpositive and foll by of or to)
causing or tending to cause the destruction (of)
2. 
intended to disprove or discredit, esp without positive suggestions or help; negative
destructive criticism
Compare constructive (sense 1)

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Destructiveness

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adjective
1. 
tending or likely to cause destruction
2. 
causing or producing destruction; destroying
3. 
merely negative; not helpful
destructive criticism

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Destructiveness

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adj.
1. Causing or wreaking destruction; ruinous: a destructive act; a policy that is destructive to the economy.
2. Designed or tending to disprove or discredit: destructive criticism.

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