destruction
Example Sentences
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In some ways, it was a Superman for an America that didn’t feel like it needed a Superman, and a movie industry that valued destruction and spectacle over storytelling.
From a distance, they worry about the cost of mistaking destruction for salvation.
From BBC
Societal gains from technological change come from what the economist Joseph Schumpeter called “the wave of creative destruction.”
That facility, now largely overgrown and covered with opaque fencing, still needs electricity after the destruction of its power lines and an on-site utility building.
From Los Angeles Times
"These areas are heavily dependent on agriculture - olive groves, tobacco, and other crops - and this incident complicates people's ability to return to their homes, maintain their livelihoods, and rebuild after extensive destruction," Kaiss said.
From BBC
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