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as in devastation
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
the violent storm resulted in the destruction of their tree house
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as in downfall
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life
alcohol will be her destruction if we don't intervene to help her
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Recent Examples of destruction
But stronger building codes — and distance from the epicenter — left Thailand with far less destruction.
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The effort was framed as a check on the destruction and loss of civilian life in Gaza—an issue that evokes deep concern for many, including Jews, who overwhelmingly stand for justice and human dignity.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
International aid is heading to Myanmar In the face of the destruction, Myanmar's ruling military junta have made a rare request for humanitarian aid.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
American Oversight filed a suit Tuesday to block any destruction of the records of the chat, which have since been shared by The Atlantic.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The effort was framed as a check on the destruction and loss of civilian life in Gaza—an issue that evokes deep concern for many, including Jews, who overwhelmingly stand for justice and human dignity.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
International aid is heading to Myanmar In the face of the destruction, Myanmar's ruling military junta have made a rare request for humanitarian aid.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
American Oversight filed a suit Tuesday to block any destruction of the records of the chat, which have since been shared by The Atlantic.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destruction
Noun
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And maybe the downfall is that Lex has decided what's right between those two and which should win out, whereas Superman and Lois are in a constant battle about what is right, so they each get checked by the other.—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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His season-ending injury helped the Cowboys’ downfall in 2024.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Artist Known as Muse is here to wreak some bloody havoc.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
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The outbreak is forecasted across the central Gulf Coast, Deep South and the Tennessee Valley with some tornadoes spanning long and possibly causing havoc, according to the National Weather Service.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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The sense of ruination experienced by the organizers of those art spaces was something familiar to Quraiqi, who wrote on his Instagram this year that Israeli forces had destroyed his studio.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Read: The mysterious, meteoric rise of Shein In the past several years, cultural awareness has grown about the reality of the fast-fashion business model, which relies on paying factory workers shockingly low wages and takes a multifaceted approach to furthering the ruination of the planet.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
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Parishioners are fighting its demolition 125-year-old CT church reportedly cracked by earthquake.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2025
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While there’s still inventive shrapnel worth excavating from the demolition zone, so much of modern phonk feels optimized to be indistinguishable so gymgoers and gamers can hit play and cede control, racking up streams endlessly.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Mar. 2025
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His cause of death is currently undetermined, as an autopsy has not been completed.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2025
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An official cause of death has not been announced until an autopsy can be made.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
29 Mar. 2025
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Probably the most familiar are humpback and blue whales, which were driven to the brink of extinction not so long ago by commercial whaling, but are making a comeback after an international moratorium was enacted on whaling.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Once the men triumphed, all that was other from them was considered inferior and therefore worthy only of abuse and contempt and extinction.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2025
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The shift figured heavily in the recent financial undoing of CityPlace I. UnitedHealthcare, the tower’s marquee tenant, drastically cut its 350,000 square foot lease — nearly a third of the entire building — to just a little over 35,000 square feet, according to sources familiar with the matter.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2025
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Avocados’ dependence upon megafaunal dispersion almost led to their undoing when all of these large mammals suddenly went extinct around 12,500 years ago due to human hunting, possibly also combined with environmental or climactic effects.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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An 11-3 Opening Day loss in Baltimore didn’t define the Angels last year.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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As if the Israeli people’s losses from October 7th are not grievous enough, their fears for the hostages not haunting enough, and the miseries of the Gazans not shaming enough, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is bringing his country back to war.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Destruction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destruction. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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