destruction

Definition:
1. The act of destroying something; the process of being destroyed.
2. Termination by an act of destruction.
3. An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
4. A final state.

Use 'destruction' in a sentence:

• 1. It's standing in the path of what Schumpeter called a gale of creative destruction.
• 2. Today, the scars of destruction are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air ．
• 3. The bank has done this even though its advisors say the dam will cause hardship for the powerless and environmental destruction.
• 4. The mountains are studded with dams, any one of which could wreak destruction in the valley below.
• 5. Helens, in the northwestern United States, for example, pales in comparison to the destruction caused by humans.
• 6. The destruction of their natural homes could be the next DDT causing eagle numbers to drop quickly.
• 7. It's standing in the Path of what Schumpeter called a gale of creative destruction.
• 8. The first episode is the real first episode, which tells about the destruction of the earth.
• 9. On a more global level, the destruction of the rainforest for full-sun coffee fields also threatens human life.
• 10. The disease causes varying degrees of destruction of the chlorophyll.
• 11. Luke is writing after the destruction of Jerusalem because he tells you it happens.
• 12. The destruction it leaves in its wake?
• 13. There is worldwide concern about the destruction of the rainforests.
• 14. The moai, he thinks, accelerated the self-destruction.
• 15. Destruction and misery attend on war.
• 16. The war left a legacy of destruction and hatred.
• 17. The tornado's destruction two Sundays ago was so absolute in some areas of this city.
• 18. Both locally and globally, the continued spread of full-sun coffee plantations could mean the destruction of the rainforest ecology.
• 19. Many commentators take the view that nothing can be done to reverse the destruction already caused to the natural world.
• 20. “ total destruction ” of mankind;“ annihilation of mankind ”;
• 21. You hear reports of death and destruction all over the country, and all you can think is that you hope LA is okay.
• 22. The first German aim had been the destruction of our air power;
• 23. Many noblemen thought that by making common cause with those who were fighting against the king they would save their own castles from destruction.
• 24. Forest destruction in the developing world will quickly slow down.
• 25. Actually, Volcanoes aren't that sneaky and this type of destruction is very unlikely.
• 26. Evidence points to hunting by humans and habitat destruction as the likely causes for the current mass extinction.
• 27. Carson was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth.
• 28. Erosion, of course, is one of the key reasons for its destruction, but human activity is also increasingly responsible.
• 29. Today, the scar of destruction is still seen.
• 30. Destruction of old material and formation of new material are thus in permanent dynamic equilibrium.
• 31. It is vital that we act to stop the destruction of the rainforests.
• 32. In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside.
• 33. The destruction of war and the death of millions of young people shook the foundations of Western idealism.
• 34. I could see the trail of destruction I had left in the woods.
• 35. The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.
• 36. The typhoon has left a trail of death and destruction across much of central Japan.
• 37. To that extent they helped bring about their own destruction.
• 38. Now they lead in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.
• 39. To paraphrase the great social scientist Joseph Schumpeter: there is no radical innovation without creative destruction.
• 40. He went tearing around the house again spreading chaos and destruction in his path.
• 41. This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.
• 42. Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction.
• 43. They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation.
• 44. Although the shooting has stopped for now, the destruction left behind is enormous.
• 45. The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.
• 46. Future generations will be left with a legacy of pollution and destruction.
• 47. In those villages, the destruction caused by napalm bombs was so appalling that one could hardly bear the sight of it.
• 48. Many species are in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitat.
• 49. Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges we face.
• 50. The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction.
• 51. We all moan and groan about the loss of the quality of life through the destruction of our ecology.