total annihilation
Example Sentences
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“This move is unprecedented in the history of the Chinese military and represents the total annihilation of the high command,” said Christopher Johnson, head of China Strategies Group, a political-risk consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
You are always one mistake away from total annihilation.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024
Valiant firefighters drawn from the Breitenbush ranks saved the community from total annihilation in one of the worst fires in Oregon’s history.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023
For 25 years, he oversaw the process that may represent humans’ best attempt to date at total annihilation of land: strip-mining and mountaintop-removal mining of coal.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2020
It had happened in the year 1672 when the cowardly neglect of a Dutch commander alone had saved the army of Louis XIV from total annihilation.
From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
