noun. The quality of being destructive; tendency to destroy or ruin.

noun. In phrenology, the tendency to destroy or overthrow, supposed to be located in a special organ of the brain. See cut under phrenology.

noun. The quality of destroying or ruining.

noun. The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

noun. the state or quality of being destructive

noun. the quality of causing destruction

"And Maud's, face brightened; for destructiveness is one of the earliest traits of childhood, and ripping was Maud's delight."

quality  

harmfulness  injuriousness  poison  

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