destructiveness

Example Sentences

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His capacity for self-restraint is becoming a thinner veneer over fundamental destructiveness.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

Yet the theme persists, from the singular destructiveness of the kaiju to the way that people onscreen watch their rampages through televisions and the Internet, observers of the existential changes upending the world.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

Ms Pollack, the Cornell president, said in a statement on Sunday: "The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community."

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2023

“The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community,” Pollack said, noting antisemitism will not be tolerated at Cornell.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Eventually, all three students would quarrel fiercely, unleashing a cycle of envy and destructiveness that would blaze through the discipline of genetics.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee