[U] the act of destroying sth; the process of being destroyed:
the destruction of the rainforests * weapons of mass destruction * a tidal wave bringing death and destruction in its wake * The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it).
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