DESTRUCTIVENESS
\dɪstɹˈʌktɪvnəs], \dɪstɹˈʌktɪvnəs], \d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈʌ_k_t_ɪ_v_n_ə_s]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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n. the quality of destroying;—the phrenological faculty which impels to the commission of acts of destruction.
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