Destructible [adjective]

Definition of Destructible:

liable to spoil, rot

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Sentence/Example of Destructible:

Those surfaces were neither so steep as to be destructible by weather, nor so flat as to be the victims of floods and deposits.

Nitrates and phosphoric acid that lie in the topmost stratum of the soil are among the destructible instruments of agriculture.

Subsistence cannot possibly run short, for the inherent powers of the soil are not permanently destructible.

Of course, no trace of ancient magnificence, if anywise destructible, can be left in the interior.

It is this complete combination, together with the absence of any destructible matter, which gives the enamel its lasting quality.

Is it likely, they ask, that the Spirits would choose so destructible a home for their earthly habitation?

The Æquians, who inhabited small and easily destructible towns, must have been annihilated during the progress of the Gauls.

A shred of goldleaf on his open hand, pliant, but fugitive at a breath, and destructible in a moment of adversity.

All these substances agree in one character, that of being more or less soft and destructible.

It differs materially from destruction by fire, for often destructible property is of value after floods have passed.