1. (n.) The quality of destroying or ruining.

2. (n.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

Adam Animalia Gothicism Neanderthalism acuteness and fish animal kingdom animal life animalism atrociousness atrocity barbarism barbarity barbarousness bawdiness beastliness beasts beasts of field beasts of prey bestiality big game birds bloodiness bloodlust bloodthirst bloodthirstiness bloody-mindedness brutality brutalness brute creation brutishness cannibalism carnal nature carnal-mindedness carnality cattle clitoromania coarseness concupiscence cruelness cruelty destructiveness dirtiness domestic animals earthiness eroticism eroticomania erotomania extremity fallen nature fallen state fauna ferociousness ferocity fiendishness fierceness flesh fleshliness force furiousness furor uterinus furry creatures game goatishness grossness gynecomania harshness horniness hysteromania ill breeding impetuosity impoliteness incivility inclemency inhumaneness inhumanity intensity lapsed state lasciviousness lecherousness lechery lewdness libidinousness lickerishness livestock lubriciousness lubricity lust lustfulness maleness malignity masculinity materialism mercilessness mindlessness murderousness nonspirituality nymphomania obscenity philistinism pitilessness postlapsarian state prurience pruriency randiness rigor roughness ruthlessness sadism sadistic cruelty salaciousness salacity sanguineousness satyriasis satyrism savagery savagism sensuality severity sexiness sexuality sharpness small game stock swinishness terrorism the Old Adam the beast the flesh the offending Adam troglodytism truculence uncivilizedness uncouthness uncultivatedness uncultivation unculturedness ungentleness unrefinement unspirituality uteromania vandalism vehemence venom viciousness violence virility virulence wanton cruelty wild animals wildlife wildness