destruction
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When the doctor tells him, “Sire, you are incurable,” he reacts with the same denial that has allowed him to ignore the destruction that has occurred under his negligent leadership.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Plus, the destruction of the environment causes viruses to spill over from animal hosts into us.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
Considering his own mortality, while consumed by daily news of death and destruction on the network he founded, Turner mused about what one day might be inscribed on his gravestone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
She won't move because there's no point, she explains, as the destruction is still going on everywhere.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
If we examine this carefully, we shall see that he was more merciful than the Florentine people, who allowed the destruction of Pistoia in order to avoid being considered cruel.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing destruction
Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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