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                           destruction ADJECTIVES/NOUN + destruction  total/complete destruction  • In a populated area, a wave that high would cause total destruction.  wholesale destruction  formal (= total ) • It was an act of war, the wholesale destruction of a city.  wanton destruction  (= done deliberately and without caring about it ) • People were shocked by the wanton destruction that occurred during the riots.  environmental destruction  • The islands are already threatened by environmental destruction.  forest/rainforest destruction  • a Brazilian report on rainforest destruction  habitat destruction  (= of the natural homes of plants and animals ) • Habitat destruction has reduced elephant herds in central Africa.  widespread destruction  • The rains caused widespread destruction to crops.  great/massive destruction  • Much of the city was rebuilt after the massive destruction of World War II.  ozone destruction  • Ozone destruction is most severe over the Antarctic due to climatic and atmospheric extremes.  verbs  cause/lead to/bring about destruction  • It's clear that the bomb was intended to cause death and destruction.  wreak destruction  formal (= cause destruction ) • The destruction wrought by the hurricane left thousands of people homeless.  phrases  weapons of mass destruction  (= weapons intended to cause a lot of death and destruction ) • The country is believed to have the potential to develop weapons of mass destruction.  a trail of destruction  (= a long line of things that have been destroyed ) • The accident, involving five vehicles, caused a trail of destruction on the motorway. 
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                             noun ADJ.  complete, total, wholesale | large-scale, mass, massive, widespread modern weapons of mass destruction | rapid | systematic | wanton the wanton destruction of public property | environmental, forest, habitat the environmental destruction caused by road building VERB + DESTRUCTION  bring (about), cause, lead to, result in, wreak (formal) the destruction brought about by war He gasped as he saw how much destruction she had wrought with the hammer. | prevent Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans. PHRASES  leave a trail of destruction The tornado left a trail of destruction behind it. | the seeds of destruction By doubling its prices, the industry sowed the seeds of its own destruction. | test sth to destruction Children will quickly test their toys to destruction.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        Oxford Collocations Dictionary