destructiveness

Example Sentences

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Magnitude is far from a complete measure of a specific quake’s destructiveness.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

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

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2023

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

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