Meanings
adjectivedestructible (comparative more destructible, superlative most destructible)
comparative more destructible · superlative most destructible
- Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
Synonyms: breakable, destroyable, wreckable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLiable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin dēstrūctibilis. By surface analysis, destruct + -ible.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan destructible
- destructibleliable to destruction
Czech zničitelný
- zničitelnýliable to destruction
French destructible
- destructibleliable to destruction
Greek φθαρτός, καταστρέψιμος
- φθαρτός (fthartós)liable to destruction
- καταστρέψιμος (katastrépsimos)liable to destruction
- καταστρεπτικός (katastreptikós)liable to destruction
- αφανιστικός (afanistikós)liable to destruction
Hindi विनाशी, नश्वर
- विनाशी (vināśī)liable to destruction
- नश्वर (naśvar)liable to destruction
Japanese 壊せる, 壊れやすい
- 壊せる (kowaseru)liable to destruction
- 壊れやすい (kowasreyasui)liable to destruction
- 脆い (moroi)liable to destruction
Polish zniszczalny
- zniszczalnyliable to destruction
Romanian distructibil, nimicibil
- distructibilliable to destruction
- nimicibilliable to destruction
Spanish destruible, destructible
- destruibleliable to destruction
- destructibleliable to destruction
Swedish förgörbar, utplånlig
- förgörbarliable to destruction
- utplånligliable to destruction
- förgängligliable to destruction
Cite this entry
APA
destructible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destructible
MLA
“destructible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destructible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “destructible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/destructible.
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