destruction
noun
de·struc·tion
di-ˈstrək-shən 
Synonyms
Examples of destruction in a Sentence
War results in death and widespread destruction.
We are trying to save the building from destruction.
Recent Examples on the Web
In January, the university announced its launch of a joint task force with the city of Newport News to reexamine decades of records regarding the neighborhood’s destruction.
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Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2024
Stalwarts of the Chinese Communist Party remain unforgiving of Moscow’s destruction of communism across Eurasia and eastern Europe.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
In populism, the leader had arrived to beat back a threat to the will of the people that came from within the country’s democratic system — and that, absent the leader’s vigilant rule, would return to cause worse destruction.
—Charles Homans Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
The change in air pressure can also create an additional force on buildings that, along with the strong winds, can intensify and quicken their destruction.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Republican leaders quickly reversed course and passed a bill to protect IVF, a process that usually involves the destruction of some embryos.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
By then, the sources said, the three voting members of the war cabinet had already ruled out the most drastic response - a strike on strategic sites including Iran's nuclear facilities whose destruction would almost certainly provoke a wider regional conflict.
—Samia Nakhoul, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
That means there is a sense of destruction and decay—the inevitable effects of the passing of time.
—Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
Lives lost in Gaza:Visualizing the death and destruction of Israel's war in Gaza
Congress could quickly agree on Israel aid, Rubio says
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., seemed to suggest Congress could quickly send aid to Israel, without sending anything to Ukraine.
—Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2024
Stalwarts of the Chinese Communist Party remain unforgiving of Moscow’s destruction of communism across Eurasia and eastern Europe.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
In populism, the leader had arrived to beat back a threat to the will of the people that came from within the country’s democratic system — and that, absent the leader’s vigilant rule, would return to cause worse destruction.
—Charles Homans Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
The change in air pressure can also create an additional force on buildings that, along with the strong winds, can intensify and quicken their destruction.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Republican leaders quickly reversed course and passed a bill to protect IVF, a process that usually involves the destruction of some embryos.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
By then, the sources said, the three voting members of the war cabinet had already ruled out the most drastic response - a strike on strategic sites including Iran's nuclear facilities whose destruction would almost certainly provoke a wider regional conflict.
—Samia Nakhoul, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
That means there is a sense of destruction and decay—the inevitable effects of the passing of time.
—Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
Lives lost in Gaza:Visualizing the death and destruction of Israel's war in Gaza
Congress could quickly agree on Israel aid, Rubio says
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., seemed to suggest Congress could quickly send aid to Israel, without sending anything to Ukraine.
—Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destruction. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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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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