simple past tense and past participle of destruct

The quality of being destructible.

plural of destructivity

destructiveness

The state or tendency of being self-destructive.

The voluntary destruction of something by itself.

Causing injury to oneself or harm to one's interests.

(chemistry) The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way.

(usually figuratively) To destroy oneself. / To destroy or greatly damage one's position in a game, in one's work or career, in one's financial or social position, etc.

(logic) A form of reductio ad absurdum which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last.