destructibility
Americannoun
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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
We should be forced to believe in the thorough degradation and destructibility of both mind and matter.
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
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)
This notion of the destructibility of Mind implies the possibility of its defilement; but how can infinite Mind be defiled?
From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker
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