Collocations for "destruction"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "destruction" in context.
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destruction
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- arrested for the destruction of property
- recovering from the destruction of the war
- are calculating the scale of the destruction
- [total, complete] destruction
- the destruction of the [environment, rainforest]
- death and destruction
- the unintentional destruction of
- [habitat, environment] destruction
- the destruction of natural habitats
- left a trail of destruction in its wake
- left a trail of destruction behind them
- insure against damage and destruction (of property)
- weapons of mass destruction
- the [town's, city's] destruction
- in the destruction of the [town]
'destruction' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Lord
- account
- agent
- appetite
- assured
- blazing
- border
- bring
- careless
- cause
- death
- deliberate
- doom
- fault
- havoc
- herald
- instrument
- mass
- rampant
- rear
- reef
- resource
- revenge
- ruthless
- scene
- shadow
- supposed
- timber
- total
- trigger
- wake
- weapon
- which
- wholesale