destructiveness

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He’s a sensitive hero with vigor and swagger, a traveler in love with the universe with all its faults and perils instead of wearied by its greed and destructiveness.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 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

And so the question was: When we have the capacity for both of these things, what has pulled so much of so-called civilization toward destructiveness?

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished.

From "1984" by George Orwell