Destructiveness [noun]

A long-lasting abundance of sibling planets might therefore have protected Earth from destructive chaos, and may be part of what made life on Earth possible, says astronomer Uffe Gråe Jørgensen of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.

Opinion research is a powerful tool, like a chainsaw or an Excel spreadsheet—efficient in the right hands, but destructive when not used with care.

He gave the example of the destructive wildfires in California, which in previous years have been sparked by power lines in electrical networks that Tricoire said needed retrofitting.

He’s been enormously destructive, as destructive as he possibly could be.

I know for my part this constant sense of tethering has been destructive.

As a representative of Cal Fire, the largest fire department in the state, McMorrow has witnessed the severity of these fires firsthand, believing them to be among the deadliest and most destructive on record.

It is currently impossible to fully understand the geochemical forces that lead to these destructive scenarios.

By then, QAnon had inspired a growing list of destructive, sometimes violent, acts.

For anyone who doubts the destructive power of poor leadership and a diseased corporate culture, the VW saga is a sobering lesson.

However, this level of hatred — which political scientists call “negative partisanship” — has reached levels that are not just bad for democracy, but are potentially destructive.