DESTRUCTIBLE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

destructible

adjective

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as in perishable

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Recent Examples of destructible The destructible environments add a new layer of problem-solving and exploration. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 25 July 2025 Deliver at All Costs features spectacularly destructible environments, a pleasant soundtrack of easy jazz and surfer music, and a lightly entertaining story about persevering in a tough working environment. — The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025 Everyone, including our simian hero, is obsessed with digging into the fully destructible ground to unearth its precious metals and gems. — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 23 May 2025 The game takes place inside the layers of a hollow earth that's entirely destructible, thanks to Kong's raw strength. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for destructible

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perishable

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But the online community is both a highly valuable and quite perishable property, meaning a conventional plug-and-play M&A maneuver could trigger a significant backlash.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Carvel had paid for his rig and his highly perishable freight with a $15 loan from his future wife, Agnes Stewart, and had grand plans.

— Nathan King, airmail.news, 9 July 2026

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