destructible

adjective

de·​struc·​ti·​ble di-ˈstrək-tə-bəl How to pronounce destructible (audio)
: capable of being destroyed
destructibility noun

Examples of destructible in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This does wonders for destructible environments, a franchise mainstay that other games have toyed with but never done quite so well. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024 The entire environment is destructible, making The Finals feel like a first-person shooter like no other. Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Dec. 2023 Like most of the other Valorant maps, Lotus introduces some new ideas with the two most prominent being rotating doors and a destructible door/wall. Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023 During the show, Google demoed a fully destructible game world that took advantage of cloud compute power. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 16 Feb. 2022 This bevy of variables — between operators, destructible and constructible environmental elements, enemy types, spawn points, maps, difficulty settings and more — will likely give the game a long shelf life. Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2020 The other new addition to multiplayer is destructible walls. Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021 These images that populate our collective consciousness all started as a single destructible canvas. Chloe Sarbib, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2021 Early on in the tournament that’s not a big deal since there’s a destructible wall in the way. Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1755, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of destructible was circa 1755

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“Destructible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destructible. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

destructible

adjective
de·​struc·​ti·​ble di-ˈstrək-tə-bəl How to pronounce destructible (audio)
: capable of being destroyed
destructibility noun
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