destructibility
Americannoun
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
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She knows, as well as the poet, that destructibility is not one of nature’s words; that it is only the relationship of things—tangibility, visibility—that are transitory.
From The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman by Gilchrist, Anne Burrows
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
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)
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