Destruction
noun
The act or result of damaging something so badly that it no longer exists or can't be fixed.
The hurricane caused widespread destruction.
Often appears as...
- cause widespread destruction
- complete destruction
noun
The act of causing someone or something to be in a very bad condition.
The disease resulted in destruction of the immune system.
Often appears as...
- destruction of evidence
- destruction of property
noun
The act of deliberately destroying things, especially public property.
Riots led to destruction of public property.
Often appears as...
- destruction of nature
- deliberate destruction
noun
The act or result of damaging something so badly that it no longer exists or can't be fixed.
The hurricane caused widespread destruction.
Often appears as...
- cause widespread destruction
- complete destruction
noun
The act of causing someone or something to be in a very bad condition.
The disease resulted in destruction of the immune system.
Often appears as...
- destruction of evidence
- destruction of property
noun
The act of deliberately destroying things, especially public property.
Riots led to destruction of public property.
Often appears as...
- destruction of nature
- deliberate destruction
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Irreversible Harm
Destruction usually means damage beyond repair, highlighting the severity.
The fire led to the complete destruction of the historic building.
Pro Tip 2/3Absence Aftermath
The word often implies that nothing remains to be used or salvaged.
After the earthquake, there was nothing but destruction left in the town square.
Pro Tip 3/3Catastrophic Events
Often used in contexts of natural disasters or significant accidents.
The tsunami's destruction was felt across the entire coastline.
Pro Tip 1/3Irreversible Harm
Destruction usually means damage beyond repair, highlighting the severity.
The fire led to the complete destruction of the historic building.
Pro Tip 2/3Absence Aftermath
The word often implies that nothing remains to be used or salvaged.
After the earthquake, there was nothing but destruction left in the town square.
Pro Tip 3/3Catastrophic Events
Often used in contexts of natural disasters or significant accidents.
The tsunami's destruction was felt across the entire coastline.
Pro Tip 1/3Irreversible Harm
Destruction usually means damage beyond repair, highlighting the severity.
The fire led to the complete destruction of the historic building.
Pro Tip 2/3Absence Aftermath
The word often implies that nothing remains to be used or salvaged.
After the earthquake, there was nothing but destruction left in the town square.
Pro Tip 3/3Catastrophic Events
Often used in contexts of natural disasters or significant accidents.
The tsunami's destruction was felt across the entire coastline.
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understand that we need to save our planet for future generations because our descendants might not have anything left that makes me even more passionate to save it from destruction another way I spread the word is through animation I learned about when animator was when I
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The past, present and...
show telltale signs of malnutrition and prior illness. The destruction caused by the Black Death changed humanity in two important ways. On a societal level, the rapid loss of population led to important changes in Europe's economic conditions. With more food to go around,
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Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
tornadoes big funnel shaped clouds that can rip through a community and leave a wake of destruction they can form in seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes occur is still a bit of a mystery but an
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Why elephants never...
who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elephants does not reflect this, as they continue to suffer from habitat destruction in Asia,
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Is graffiti art? Or...
while simultaneously being associated with destruction. And, it turns out, it's nothing new. Graffiti, or the act of writing or scribbling on public property, has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate
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The colossal consequences...
was what is known as a supervolcano, characterized by a volume of erupted material, many times greater than that of ordinary volcanoes. And while the popular image of volcanic destruction is molten rock engulfing the surrounding land, far greater devastation is caused
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Questions No One Knows...
is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy. Or, perhaps civilization carries with it the seeds of its own destruction
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and terrify them into submission, or you can use it to give courage to people so they rise to the greatest heights of enlightenment. You can use your energy to build nuclear bombs and spread the darkness of destruction,
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Saving a Pangolin's Life...
pangolins are the world's only truly scaly mammals their scales just like human fingernails are made from keratin but this remarkable natural armor is the cause of their destruction
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
call of the orangutan now with forest destruction truly wild orangutans are very rare and notoriously shy of humans these irangs were filmed in a well-established nature reserve
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How to start your own...
understand that we need to save our planet for future generations because our descendants might not have anything left that makes me even more passionate to save it from destruction another way I spread the word is through animation I learned about when animator was when I
Video examples
The past, present and...
show telltale signs of malnutrition and prior illness. The destruction caused by the Black Death changed humanity in two important ways. On a societal level, the rapid loss of population led to important changes in Europe's economic conditions. With more food to go around,
Video examples
Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
tornadoes big funnel shaped clouds that can rip through a community and leave a wake of destruction they can form in seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes occur is still a bit of a mystery but an
Video examples
Why elephants never...
who can recognize themselves in a mirror, it's hard to escape the conclusion that they are conscious, intelligent, and emotional beings. Unfortunately, humanity's treatment of elephants does not reflect this, as they continue to suffer from habitat destruction in Asia,
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
while simultaneously being associated with destruction. And, it turns out, it's nothing new. Graffiti, or the act of writing or scribbling on public property, has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate
Video examples
The colossal consequences...
was what is known as a supervolcano, characterized by a volume of erupted material, many times greater than that of ordinary volcanoes. And while the popular image of volcanic destruction is molten rock engulfing the surrounding land, far greater devastation is caused
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy. Or, perhaps civilization carries with it the seeds of its own destruction
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
and terrify them into submission, or you can use it to give courage to people so they rise to the greatest heights of enlightenment. You can use your energy to build nuclear bombs and spread the darkness of destruction,
Video examples
Saving a Pangolin's Life...
pangolins are the world's only truly scaly mammals their scales just like human fingernails are made from keratin but this remarkable natural armor is the cause of their destruction
Video examples
Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
call of the orangutan now with forest destruction truly wild orangutans are very rare and notoriously shy of humans these irangs were filmed in a well-established nature reserve
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God's Word.
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Javier Bardem
Spanish Actor
When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries.
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Jasmila Zbanic
Bosniak Director
My generation has to deal with how to overcome a trauma, how to overcome destruction, and how to tell the truth to the next generation.
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George W. Bush
American President
Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
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Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
If you use weapons of war to bring about peace, you're going to have more war and destruction.
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Swiss Author
There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.
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Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
Every single life is about construction and destruction.
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Mikhail Bakunin
Russian Revolutionary
The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God's Word.
Quote examples
Javier Bardem
Spanish Actor
When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries.
Quote examples
Jasmila Zbanic
Bosniak Director
My generation has to deal with how to overcome a trauma, how to overcome destruction, and how to tell the truth to the next generation.
Quote examples
George W. Bush
American President
Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
Quote examples
Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.
Quote examples
Thomas Jefferson
American President
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Quote examples
Coretta Scott King
American Activist
If you use weapons of war to bring about peace, you're going to have more war and destruction.
Quote examples
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Swiss Author
There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.
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Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
Every single life is about construction and destruction.
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Mikhail Bakunin
Russian Revolutionary
The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.
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