destruction

[dɪˈstrʌkʃn]

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.

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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.