De‐struc″tive‐ness (?), n. 1. The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.
2. (Phren.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.