destructible

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de·struc·ti·ble

(dĭ-strŭk′tə-bəl)

adj.

Breakable or easily destroyed: destructible glassware.

de·struc′ti·bil′i·ty, de·struc′ti·ble·ness n.

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destructible

(dɪˈstrʌktəbəl)

adj

capable of being or liable to be destroyed

deˌstructiˈbility n

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de•struct•i•ble

(dɪˈstrʌk tə bəl)

adj.

capable of being destroyed; liable to destruction.

[1745–55; < Late Latin]

de•struct`i•bil′i•ty, n.

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Adj.

destructible - easily destroyed; "destructible glassware"

indestructible - not easily destroyed

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destructible

[dɪsˈtrʌktəbl] ADJ → destructible

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destructible

adj → vernichtbar

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destructible

[dɪsˈtrʌktəbl] adj → distruttibile

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As to the vessel, it moved not, and was immovable, as if the coralline polypi had already walled it up with their in destructible cement.

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