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as in devastation
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
the violent storm resulted in the destruction of their tree house
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as in downfall
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life
alcohol will be her destruction if we don't intervene to help her
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Recent Examples of destruction
But that one rampaging invader unleashes enough destruction and mayhem for a whole army, hurling cars and trucks and motorcycles through the air like toys, tearing though buildings as if they were made of cardboard, and leaving the streets littered with bloodied corpses.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
But Miyamoto said the Farm Bureau estimates that the full extent of the destruction is much broader — $50 million at nearly 2,000 farms.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
This week on The Sunday Story, NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu goes to these sites of destruction and talks to those who have lost everything in this race to develop one of the world's fastest-growing megacities.
—NPR, 17 May 2026
But Miyamoto said the farm bureau estimates that the full extent of the destruction is much broader — $50 million at close to 2,000 farms.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
But Miyamoto said the Farm Bureau estimates that the full extent of the destruction is much broader — $50 million at nearly 2,000 farms.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
This week on The Sunday Story, NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu goes to these sites of destruction and talks to those who have lost everything in this race to develop one of the world's fastest-growing megacities.
—NPR, 17 May 2026
But Miyamoto said the farm bureau estimates that the full extent of the destruction is much broader — $50 million at close to 2,000 farms.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destruction
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The environmental devastation left behind is immense.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Former reality television star and current Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt welcomed Mother’s Day with an emotional video highlighting the devastation of the 2025 California wildfires on his family.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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But in this dark, increasingly sad final season, and in our dark, sad reality, sometimes actively delighting in an evil person’s downfall is the only way to go.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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Icons like the Amazon rainforest, Great Barrier Reef, and Victoria Falls tend to top the list, but sometimes a site’s notoriety can be its downfall, especially when high visitation leads to crowding and environmental degradation.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
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The inconsistent role wreaked havoc with his shot.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Just ask Panthers guard Robert Hunt, who has stories about Eagles fans climbing onto opposing team buses and wreaking havoc.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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Some of these are arranged into more staid compositions of geometric bands of color, while others bend and bulge into shapes evoking the baroque ruination of junk-yard findings.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The only thing that would satisfy the gremlin in me is the ruination of my freedom.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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The president is leaning on the Senate to deliver $1 billion in new Secret Service funding — including $200 million associated with the demolition of the East Wing for his ballroom and other facilities — as part of a larger immigration enforcement funding bill.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
18 May 2026
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When that digital existence falls apart, the studio’s physical demolition is repurposed as the backdrop for a sci-fi production.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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The music publication Revolver reported in a 2023 article about Cold as Life that the hard rock band continued to perform after its frontman’s death.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Since 2018, authorities had used advanced DNA evidence to link Brashers to the strangulation death of a South Carolina woman in 1990, the 1997 rape of a 14-year-old girl in Tennessee and the shooting of a mother and daughter in Missouri in 1998.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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In fact, having double the chromosomes can ultimately impact a species' survival, leading to its extinction.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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Colossal said that beyond their de-extinction method, the hatched chicks are important because bird species are in sharp decline.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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And the undoing of the normative tropes of, like, Sex is this act that starts with foreplay and ends with the male climax!—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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Opponents of the redrawn congressional district compared the undoing of the majority-Black district as a throwback to the Jim Crow era of racial discrimination in the Deep South.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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“Destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destruction. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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