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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Saudi Arabia has angrily criticized Israel since its invasion of Gaza to remove the threat of Hamas, a conflict that has wrought widespread death and destruction for ordinary Palestinians caught in between.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Russian incursions into NATO airspace builds on a years-long hybrid warfare against countries in the alliance, defined by acts of sabotage, cyberattacks, destruction of infrastructure and attacks on individuals.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
As for the third criticism—that the point system is gamification, trivializing death and destruction—Prickly dismisses it out of hand.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Most of all, reason was no replacement for the religion—Roman Catholicism—that the Revolution had downgraded and in many cases tried to eliminate through the mass murder of priests and the destruction of churches.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Russian incursions into NATO airspace builds on a years-long hybrid warfare against countries in the alliance, defined by acts of sabotage, cyberattacks, destruction of infrastructure and attacks on individuals.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
As for the third criticism—that the point system is gamification, trivializing death and destruction—Prickly dismisses it out of hand.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Most of all, reason was no replacement for the religion—Roman Catholicism—that the Revolution had downgraded and in many cases tried to eliminate through the mass murder of priests and the destruction of churches.
—Paul Kingsnorth, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destruction. Accessed 20 Sep. 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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