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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