Antonym: construction, establishment. Similar words: instruction, construction, instructional, constructing, restriction, instruct, structure, construct. Meaning: [-kʃn] n. 1. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists 2. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something 3. a final state.
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151. They too complain of pain whose severity bears little or no relationship to the tissue destruction.
152. Since excavation involves destruction of much of the evidence, it is an unrepeatable exercise.
153. One application for the X-ray destruction method could be in the politically sensitive area of destroying chemical weapons.
154. Seismologists said the quake appeared to have been rooted about 30 miles underground, deep enough to prevent catastrophic destruction.
155. The commission was expected to recommend the on-site destruction of ballistic missiles.
156. Hindus believe in an endless cycle of creation and destruction.
157. Arlington Mill is one of those mills that was pulled back from the brink of destruction in the nick of time. Sentencedict.com
158. The 50-second commercial highlights the role of the banks in the destruction of the rainforest by prolonging the debt crisis.
159. The death and destruction had torn apart families whose political loyalties had also been divided in what was essentially a civil war.
160. Surkov had repeated for my benefit his account of the submarine commander, poised to unleash destruction on London.
161. Within that frigate were seeds of destruction that would soon burst forth.
162. The onset of war and the urban destruction that followed breathed new spirit into a flagging crusade.
163. This reaction was based on the understanding that atomic bombs cause widespread death and destruction and extreme human suffering.
164. Occasionally a feudal lord reserved a wild patch of forest from destruction for his game hunting.
165. However, this revelation did not bring about the destruction of Euclidean geometry, it simply added to it.
166. It will result in the destruction of Camley street natural park, which is used by thousands of local school children.
167. With conventional weapons, the destruction is not so drastic, far more controlled, and more accurate and economical.
168. The soul followed when fly-half Michael Lynagh dislocated his left shoulder during the recent destruction of Ireland in Dublin.
169. The government forces concentrated their efforts on the destruction of the Mbari command post.
170. Many species are threatened in the wild due to habitat destruction by man and probably over-hunting.
171. The widespread destruction and looting carried out by the soldiers further damaged the image of the new government.
172. As stated in the supplement, the heritage erosion is due to ignorance, and not wanton destruction.
173. Here a community is fighting against its destruction for the short-term benefits of outside economic interests.
174. When de Raimes had exacted his revenge he would hand her over to his knight, who would complete her destruction.
175. We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. Aesop
176. The British army was trapped on the sands, awaiting destruction.
177. He had imagined that their weakness and fearfulness had led them to destruction.
178. Better that its belief should not, come next month, be tested to destruction.
179. We can make some progress, but all we can do is hold back the forest destruction.
180. Entire tribes have disappeared as a result of forest destruction.
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