destruction
Example Sentences
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They’ve attempted to bring disorder and destruction upon the puffin nation.
From Literature
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That became, I think, a major question after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, events of mass death and destruction on an unprecedented scale for the amount of time it took.
From Salon
"We just have bad experiences of everything they call 'progress' becoming synonymous with destruction," Lamloum said.
From Barron's
Disruption and destruction is coming to private credit.
From Barron's
Third, the scenario involves many assumptions about a lack of central policy response, no economic benefits and no “Schumpeterian creative destruction.”
From MarketWatch
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