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Common collocations with destruction in American Collocation

destruction noununcountable

US/dɪˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n/

complete

complete
total
wholesale

The ensuing explosion resulted in the complete destruction of a patrol vehicle.

great

massive
widespread

Typhoons can cause massive destruction, flooding and landslides.

unnecessary

wanton

Over the last 30 years we have seen the wanton destruction of forests.

deliberate

deliberate
systematic
wilful

The worst act of vandalism was the deliberate destruction of the Library in Alexandra.

types of destruction

ecological
environmental
physical

Human action causes ecological destruction.