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Meanings of destruction in English
Concept of damage to an object, system or an idea.
Synonyms
Examples for "destroy"
Examples for "destroy"
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I should do it well-toowell; destroy my soul in the performance.
2
Those who returned home found water sources, health clinics and farms destroyed.
3
Mrs Turei said public trust in the police has been completely destroyed.
4
She said if New Zealanders' information was collected it must be destroyed.
5
Affected countries are still struggling to house those whose homes were destroyed.
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How can countries expand their economies without destroying the health of citizens?
2
Good question-howcan anybody put a price on destroying indeterminate nomadic tribes?
3
Did I not retain sea power, while destroying theirs? He smiled slowly.
4
Tonight Labour accused the coalition of destroying local services for ideological reasons.
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I understand that's a pretty heavy situation up there, and destroying evidence-
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Unfortunately he is every bit as likely to self-destruct with equal speed.
2
I said, When they self-destruct, they're no longer carriers of the retrovirus.
3
I actually think that Julius will self-destruct in the next few years.
4
They've witnessed so many self-aware races dwindle away to nothing, or self-destruct.
5
While they appear to be lifeless, they may be rigged to self-destruct.
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Unfortunately he is every bit as likely to self-destruct with equal speed.
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I said, When they self-destruct, they're no longer carriers of the retrovirus.
3
I actually think that Julius will self-destruct in the next few years.
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They've witnessed so many self-aware races dwindle away to nothing, or self-destruct.
5
While they appear to be lifeless, they may be rigged to self-destruct.
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Self-destroying their phones if you even talk to another phone repair company.
2
If man's individuality were evil, he would be annihilated, for evil is self-destroying.
3
This threefold Messiah reveals the self-destroying ways of error and the life-giving way of Truth.
4
Was there ever more self-destroying malice than was mine?
5
In spite of the spectacle of Mr. Beavis's self-destroying childishness, the quiet life seemed immensely attractive.
Usage of destruction in English
1
Rio culture 'significant factor' in sites' destruction The political fallout is ongoing.
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In Britain today, we no longer support the destruction of city centres.
3
The painful reality of creation is that it cannot continue without destruction.
4
They needed another twelve minutes-justtwelve more minutes-toinsure their pursuers' destruction!
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The mutually assured destruction aims to stop either country using nuclear weapons.
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The seeds of destruction are sown in civil intercourse, in social habitudes.
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But the price of victory might be the destruction of American democracy.
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It says the destruction violated international law and the laws of war.
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Nonviolence is a way of coming to a resolution without mutual destruction.
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Mrs Tekwie says destruction of New Guinea's forests needs to be curbed.
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How much destruction is needed for us to take climate change seriously?
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The present is nothing but the mutual destruction of past and future.
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Typhoon Haiyan caused extensive destruction and left about a million people homeless.
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Then it was possible to get back to work despite the destruction.
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The wars cost tens of thousands of lives and caused mass destruction.
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Russia has denied that its forces were responsible for the bridge's destruction.
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Destruction across language varieties
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