destructive
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If government investigators find Edison’s equipment ignited the Eaton fire, at least seven of the state’s 20 most destructive wildfires would have been caused by the three utilities’ equipment.
From Los Angeles Times
It could spare us the costs of the increasingly destructive division between federal funding and state control over its distribution.
The stately “Plastic Cigarette” is a sharp study of two characters who give in to destructive impulses and imagine a better life together but aren’t quite sure how to get there.
His longshot bid for city hall comes on the anniversary of a wildfire that destroyed his home and became one of California's most destructive blazes on record.
From BBC
One year after two of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history erupted just hours apart, survivors commemorated the day in Altadena and Pacific Palisades with a mixture of anger and somber remembrance.
From Los Angeles Times
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