0 the act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed:
1 the action of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed:
Unusually high winds left widespread destruction over the area.
The destruction of the rain forests is an ecological disaster.
The police arrived to find a scene of horrifying destruction.
30 years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction.
This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale.
At the outer edges of the plume, however, the production and destruction terms rapidly approach zero and advection and transport balance each other.
The specific power deposition must be reduced to avoid destruction of the target.
If the hammer were still threatening it into destruction, it would bounce back on this plastic and resilient network.