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• He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.From the entry dismay
• The ravages of war decimated the country: death, destruction and pestilence resulted from the bombings.From the entry ravages
• The mutuality of mutually assured destruction is key to its function as a deterrent.From the entry mutuality
• Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate.From the entry kill
• He will leave a trail of destruction after him.From the entry after
• The oracle saw the destruction of the city.From the entry see
• Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.From the entry out
• They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.From the entry submit
• We were appalled by the utterness of the destruction.From the entry utterness
• The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.From the entry wholesale
• Some historians have since classified the Siege of Leningrad as a genocide due to the intentional destruction of the city and the systematic starvation of its civilian population.From the entry starve
• Scenes of utter destruction and inconsolability remind us why war is a bad solution to life's problems. In many cases the (alleged) cure is worse than the disease.From the entry inconsolability
• Tech workers know that creative destruction is part and parcel of working in a highly innovative industry.2025 May 24, “The great AI jobs disruption is under way”, in FT Weekend (The FT View section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry creative destruction
• The destruction wrought by glide bombs is visible in towns and villages near the front line.2024 January 8, Carlotta Gall, Vladyslav Golovin, Mauricio Lima, “Exhausted, on the Defensive and at ‘Hell’s Gate’ in Ukraine”, in The New…. From the entry glide bomb
• Is there an escalatory ladder in cyber, the same as with weapons of mass destruction?2023 May 28, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Fleming”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry cyber
• In the pall of this apocalyptic destruction, the U.S. fleet takes stock.2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 42:53 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022. From the entry pall
• What made the Flood special was that the destruction it wrought was all-englobing.2021, Sophus Helle, Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic with Essays on the Poem, Its Past, and Its Passion, Yale University…. From the entry all-englobing
• However, the pope has remained silent about the systematic destruction of the Eastern Christian Church.2016 June 29, Phyllis Chesler, “Shouldn’t we first help the Christian victims of Mideast genocide?”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry Eastern Christian
• During fermentation approximately ten percent of the acids are lost due to metabolism, detartration or destruction.2015, Jeffrey L. Lamy, Business of Winemaking, page 133. From the entry detartration
• Finally, all antisemitic books were deemed illegal and subject to confiscation or destruction.2015, Lisa Moses Leff, The Archive Thief, page 130. From the entry antisemitica
• And once gain, America is saved from destruction by the heroes in “MEAL Team Six”.2014 July 27, “Nuclear Weapons”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 12, John Oliver (actor), via HBO. From the entry America
• New-media thinkers, with their appetite for disintermediation and creative destruction, implicitly endorse and advance this transformation.2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 2, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN. From the entry disintermediation
• Meaning "loss of development," addling in the strictest sense is destruction of eggs by shaking.2013, Russell F. Reidinger with James E. Miller, Wildlife Damage Management: Prevention, Problem Solving & Conflict Resolution, Baltimore…. From the entry addling
• Cytokines are developmental and homeostatic bioregulators of joint tissues, and are etiopathologically associated with progressive joint destruction.2012, J.-Y. Reginster, Osteoarthritis: Clinical and Experimental Aspects. From the entry etiopathologically
• There might be some thinning of the corticalis, but there is no evidence of erosion or destruction.2012, T. Rand, P. Ritschl, S. Trattnig, Imaging of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors: A Case Study Approach. From the entry corticalis
• "There's a boocoo bunch of destruction comin' our way," one of the calmer analysts muttered to himself.2012, Bruce Biller, The God-Man: Seed of Satan, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry boocoo
• With the road as colonizer, “exurbanization” launches the momentum to destruction and disinvestment, she began.2012 June 20, Jane Holtz Kay, Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back, Crown, →ISBN. From the entry sprawlbuster
• It was marked for destruction but by a miracle had escaped the flames.2008, John le Carré, A Most Wanted Man, →ISBN, page 303. From the entry make the weather
• At Fatshan Creek his boat was up with the leaders at the destruction of the Chinese flotilla.2008, Andrew Lambert, “John Fisher”, in Admirals: The Naval Commanders who Made Britain Great, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 292. From the entry Fatshan
• They flee from planetary destruction, war, or just from overcrowding and ecological crappitude.2008 May 16, Charlie Jane Anders, “Science Fiction Is The Literature Of Refugees”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2022. From the entry crappitude
• While destructions perhaps push drafts, the friendships often build but the injured professors.2007 September 25, Ayub Brahimi bin Zamid, “She wants to grant evil foods below Ralf's department.”, in sci.crypt (Usenet), retrieved 26…. From the entry qualifys
• Perhaps in the world's destruction it would be possible at last to see how it was made.2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road. From the entry counterspectacle
• Terrorists, for example, might not care about the threat of destruction.2005 February 24, “Muon-assured defence”, in The Economist, →ISSN. From the entry mad
• Here the destruction is even more complete, and it was very difficult to trace the original groundplan.2005, Peter Willey, The Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry groundplan
• First the fruit of arahantship arises, then the knowledge of destruction.2005, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 746. From the entry arahantship
• Halo's destruction was your error, and you rightly bear the blame.2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by High Prophet of Truth (Michael Wincott), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Arbiter. From the entry overzealous

Meaning of destruction

1. noun The act of destroying.
2. noun The results of a destructive event.
3. noun A group of feral cats.

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Questions about destruction in a sentence

How do you use destruction in a sentence?

Destruction is used as a noun. For example: “The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.”

What is a short sentence with destruction?

“The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.”

What does destruction mean?

Destruction means the act of destroying.