destruction
Example Sentences
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“There’s no such thing as 4 million barrels a day of permanent demand destruction for oil,” he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Labor strikes or the destruction of offshore oil rigs in war are also examples of Acts of Man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“The terror in ‘Cape Fear’ is about the destruction of the family,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The charge of child destruction was then put to him.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The destruction reminded Carmen of the pictures she’d seen in the newspapers of the battlefields of the Great War—the cities and forests of France and Belgium turned to charred ruins.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing destruction
Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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Biodiversity and Humans - Introductory
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