Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being destroyed; destructible.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Destructible.

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  • adjective Able to be destroyed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being destroyed

Etymologies

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destroy +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Then as now, the United States was the wealthiest and most militarily advanced nation in the world, and its air power, it would seem, was more than capable of overcoming North Vietnam's defenses; North Vietnam's limited industrial, communication, and transportation infrastructures ought to be easily destroyable from the air; destroying them would quickly reduce an already desperately poor nation to a terrible state; the United States sought to persuade North Vietnam only to cease its aggression, not to surrender unconditionally; ergo, North Vietnam would do the rational thing: choose a limited loss over ruination, and accept peace.

    Slow Squeeze 2002

  • Then as now, the United States was the wealthiest and most militarily advanced nation in the world, and its air power, it would seem, was more than capable of overcoming North Vietnam's defenses; North Vietnam's limited industrial, communication, and transportation infrastructures ought to be easily destroyable from the air; destroying them would quickly reduce an already desperately poor nation to a terrible state; the United States sought to persuade North Vietnam only to cease its aggression, not to surrender unconditionally; ergo, North Vietnam would do the rational thing: choose a limited loss over ruination, and accept peace.

    Slow Squeeze 2002

  • Just the fact that teachers are humans and that family is the first kernel around a child make me say that dreams are not so easily destroyed or destroyable.

    A girl Child and Her Dream.... 2009

  • One can invest in-game currency into "implants" to enhance attributes, but these are limited in impact, destroyable in combat, and the best ones are uncommon.

    The Drop Kick 2006

  • A friend of mine played the trial period, and other than some vague amusement with the amount of destroyable scenery, he said it was pretty much a waste of time.

    MMOG Nation » What if They Threw a MMOG and Nobody Came? 2006

  • Scorch An Island features fully destroyable landscapes and all kinds of ludicrous special effects, and is definitely worth a moment of your time.

    SLACKERJACK – Grow Island 2006

  • While we're at it, why not the citizens be destroyable and replenishable (you kill someone and there's one less person in the city, and there are new people getting born and dying all the time).

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • While we're at it, why not the citizens be destroyable and replenishable

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2010

  • Each obstacle has unique properties, like being static, mobile, invisible, destroyable and indestructible.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • Explosions beautifully paint the sky with the proper force and vigor you'd expect, even if enemy installations all consist of the same destroyable objects.

    PC Advisor News 2010

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