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destruction

[dih-struhk-shuhn] / dɪˈstrʌk ʃən /


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He shared videos and photos of the destruction to his Instagram page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The BBC World Service has been filming across the summer in Gaza to reveal how children there are coping amid the near-total destruction of the infrastructure they rely on to survive.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Yet the destruction also produced an extraordinary form of preservation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Economists call this creative destruction: Innovations displace old products and technologies, so a job that disappears can also a result in a new one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

With Nergal's destruction, his hold on the city was broken.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Renewed tensions in the Middle East since July and destructions of refining capacity in Russia have raised energy costs again, in particular gas prices, leading to higher inflation and central-bank rate-rise expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

As Perry noted, pesticides are not alone in targeting sperm for destructions.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023

Podolyak added that the barrage was “an undeniable manifestation” of Russia’s “terrorist activity, legally documented by numerous destructions and victims.”

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

This means that the two destructions cannot be related to the same event,” Dr. Ben-Yosef said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

The soil of ancient towns has been increased to a depth of many feet by their successive destructions and renovations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various




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