destruction
noun
de·struc·tion
di-ˈstrək-shən 
Examples of destruction in a Sentence
War results in death and widespread destruction.
We are trying to save the building from destruction.
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Leave the innocents, the children, the ones who just want to live a simple life, out of the bombing and destruction.
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Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
The result of these and other assaults, wrote Jed Kolko, a former undersecretary for economic affairs at the Commerce Department overseeing data operations at the Census Bureau and BEA, will include the destruction of trust in U.S. economic data.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
The trauma of witnessing such destruction informed her later activism, her insistence on performing for integrated audiences, and her rejection of American racial constraints.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Europeans associate all things nuclear with destruction more than with deterrence.
—Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
The result of these and other assaults, wrote Jed Kolko, a former undersecretary for economic affairs at the Commerce Department overseeing data operations at the Census Bureau and BEA, will include the destruction of trust in U.S. economic data.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
The trauma of witnessing such destruction informed her later activism, her insistence on performing for integrated audiences, and her rejection of American racial constraints.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Europeans associate all things nuclear with destruction more than with deterrence.
—Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for destruction
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“Destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destruction. Accessed 8 Jul. 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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