destructiveness
destructiveness noun: the state or quality of being destructive.
Noun
destructiveness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being destructive.
- Would Helen’s face-seductiveness have wrought as much destructiveness,
Would Antony have followed Cleopatra like a lamb,
Unless those ladies’ vanities for snaring male humanities
Had been associated with a quantum suff. of glam.?1939 July 19, The Bulletin, Sydney, page 14, column 1
- Would Helen’s face-seductiveness have wrought as much destructiveness,
destructiveness meaning in Tamil and Urdu
destructiveness in Tamil
- அழிக்கும் தன்மை
destructiveness in Urdu
- غارتگری, نقصان دہی
Origin of destructiveness
From destructive + -ness.
Words formed from destructiveness
Questions about destructiveness
- What does destructiveness mean?
- Destructiveness means the state or quality of being destructive.
- What is destructiveness in Tamil?
- Destructiveness in Tamil is அழிக்கும் தன்மை. See Destructiveness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is destructiveness?
- Destructiveness is a noun.
Words near destructiveness in the dictionary
Source and license
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