What is the faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy called?
destructiveness — (Phren.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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