destruction
Example Sentences
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Plus, the destruction of the environment causes viruses to spill over from animal hosts into us.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
Many voters in the town said they had no faith the council could deliver the regeneration they promised would follow its destruction.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The race to gamify and financialize everything—death and destruction included—proliferates a nihilistic culture, one that rejects the sanctity of human life.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
As supplies tighten, prices will rise “in a non-linear fashion” until prices are eventually high enough to induce demand destruction, said Young.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing destruction
Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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Biodiversity and Humans - Introductory
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