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wanton destruction

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wanton
adjective
uk /ˈwɒn.tən/ us /ˈwɑːn.tən/
formal
(of something bad, such as damage, cruelty, waste) extreme and showing no care ...
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destruction
noun[U]
uk /dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/ us /dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/
the act of destroying something, or the fact of ...
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Examples of wanton destruction


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It avoided the wantondestruction of human and social capital.
Hargrove's own study of the history of environmental/animal liberation ideas suggests that the key frames of these movements were respectively, wantondestruction and unnecessary cruelty.
I cannot agree that there has been wantondestruction.
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But today, in spite of all the wantondestruction that occurs, we seem to have grown soft.
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I am unfortunately compelled to add that this wantondestruction is not limited to electric light bulbs.
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It has a structure which can withstand all but wantondestruction on the part of several member states.
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I personally have never seen this wantondestruction of young plantations going on in this large area.
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This does much to foster their reputation for wilful misbehaviour and wantondestruction of public and private property.
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We are now reaping part of the retribution of the wantondestruction of that body.
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That brings me to the wantondestruction of our railways in the early 1960s by a government with no foresight.
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We were fed up with the wantondestruction and death.
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There was wantondestruction of banners which were causing no damage either to passers-by or to the police.
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In particular, we have condemned the indiscriminate attacks on civilians and the wantondestruction of their homes and livelihoods.
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It is wantondestruction of public property made available for the general use and convenience of the public.
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I do not like the idea of wantondestruction.
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Our criticisms are not made in a spirit of wantondestruction.
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Vandalism is about wantondestruction, and there is no doubt that this destruction is planned, calculated and deliberate.
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The time has come for us to call a halt to the wantondestruction of the things that are best in our heritage.
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