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DESTRUCTIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of causing destruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("destructiveness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "destructiveness"):
harmfulness; injuriousness (destructiveness that causes harm or injury)
poison (anything that harms or destroys)
Antonym:
constructiveness (the quality of serving to build or improve)
Derivation:
destructive (causing destruction or much damage)
