| 词汇 | collocation_english_destruction |
| 释义 | Collocations with destructionThese are words often used in combination with destruction. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. assured destruction They claimed that their military-political balance of mutually assured destruction constituted 'shared' interests and served the specific interests of the alliances, too. brink of destruction The cold war led to a nuclear arms race that brought the world to the brink of destruction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 complete destruction The war meant an almost complete destruction of village life. creative destruction Economic change takes place through a process of creative destruction whereby entrepreneurs discover new combinations of existing resources that replace older ones. deliberate destruction This practice most likely was part of the deliberate destruction of the building. destruction of wildlife The obvious example is the destruction of wildlife; for example, birds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 environmental destruction An even more taboo subject in most rich countries is that other major driver of environmental destruction, overconsumption. eventual destruction If the created intermediate results are structured objects - for example, lists or trees - their creation and eventual destruction will consume time and memory space. extensive destruction This leads to extensive destruction of brain tissue and death of the animal. instrument of destruction It becomes a thanatological instrument of destruction. mass destruction All these problems are built in wherever human beings have invented techniques of mass destruction. massive destruction The massive destruction of old sacred monuments can be better conceived as a ritual purification of the inner circle of unchristian, pagan elements. means of destruction We all know that if different means of destruction had been available to the perpetrators, that number could have been 70,000 or 700,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 mutual destruction This would not be the case if mutual destruction of vorticity by viscous diffusion were allowed. path of destruction It contains a wealth of information on the path of destruction in that region and suggests steps towards sustainability. physical destruction A greater concern was the physical destruction of the wealth of the church and, in turn, the impact on hospitality and charity. rapid destruction In bio-diversity terms any increase in livestock and/or wildlife could lead to acute land degradation and rapid destruction of the fragile fauna and flora habitats. systematic destruction What connects the two is the wanton violence on women and children, the systematic destruction of the economy, and the general terror in the countryside. total destruction Furthermore, nightmares have been described where subjects experience the total destruction of their body. trail of destruction At the end of the nineteen thirties the wind of history swept over that house, leaving a trail of destruction. ultimate destruction However, the general, immutable plan in which this occurred involved ultimate destruction. utter destruction They have lived their whole lives in a world which believes in the need to maintain, as a deterrent, the power of utter destruction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 wanton destruction It avoided the wanton destruction of human and social capital. wholesale destruction Second, it led in practical and immediate terms to the wholesale destruction of cultural goods and to the social regression of entire peoples, ostensibly on behalf of higher values. widespread destruction The republic and guerillas reacted to this with a scorched-earth policy that resulted in widespread destruction. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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