destruction
noun
de·struc·tion
di-ˈstrək-shən 
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War results in death and widespread destruction.
We are trying to save the building from destruction.
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Teddy and Andy Leonard, owners of the Reel Inn, confirmed the destruction of their restaurant on Instagram, and stated that all of their restaurant staff were safe.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
People couldn't believe the destruction that happened in a manner of minutes.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The 2025 Field & Stream lineup comes after last year’s festival (which was to be its inaugural year) was postponed due to the destruction Hurricane Helene brought to the Carolinas and other states.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2025
Those definitions began to fail us a decade ago, when a part of the right, in both Europe and North America, began advocating not caution and conservatism but the destruction of existing democratic institutions.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
People couldn't believe the destruction that happened in a manner of minutes.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The 2025 Field & Stream lineup comes after last year’s festival (which was to be its inaugural year) was postponed due to the destruction Hurricane Helene brought to the Carolinas and other states.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2025
Those definitions began to fail us a decade ago, when a part of the right, in both Europe and North America, began advocating not caution and conservatism but the destruction of existing democratic institutions.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destruction. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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destruction
noun
de·struc·tion
di-ˈstrək-shən
1
: the state or fact of being destroyed : ruin
2
: the action or process of destroying something
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