Destruction
in sentence
1388 examples of Destruction in a sentence
We have seen that the attempt to establish ethnic homogeneity can lead to intolerable atrocities, human suffering and
destruction.
I know that one of the results of the coming air strikes will be the
destruction
of Milosevic's war machine, to the extent that it will never arise again as did the Serb machinery in this century.
Because this war time
destruction
was concentrated, some of the reconstruction aid will also be concentrated.
We know that the
destruction
of 100% of Syria’s declared chemical weapons would not have happened without direct, hands-on diplomacy and perseverance, just as Syria’s immoral and horrifying civil war will not end without an equal commitment.
Was the 2003 United States-led invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq illegitimate because it was predicated on a falsehood about the existence of weapons of mass
destruction?
People who watch the butchering of their children and parents, the rape of their wives, daughters, and sisters, and the wanton
destruction
of their homes and livelihoods do not forget.
Far from bringing peace to Iraq, the military campaign – carried out on the pretense of eliminating weapons of mass
destruction
– fueled more violence.
Hezbollah remains committed to Israel’s destruction, and Iran supplies it with powerful weapons.
Reports like these leave the impression that technological progress and job
destruction
are accelerating dramatically.
Last year’s National Security Strategy reiterated this view, identifying climate change as a top-level strategic risk to US interests, alongside factors like terrorism, economic crisis, and the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction.
“It is the beginning of the path toward a more ordered world that we must attain if we want to escape destruction.”
But the ongoing shift toward services- and consumption-led growth is boosting demand for liquidity, while the accompanying creative
destruction
is generating considerable uncertainty.
It feeds off a network of organized crime and the traffic in weapons of mass
destruction.
To be sure,
destruction
of cultural artifacts is not limited to the Middle East.
But ISIS is carrying out
destruction
on an unprecedented scale.
Indicting, prosecuting, convicting, and jailing those who carry out such
destruction
might prove to be a deterrent to others – similar to what is required to stop violence against persons.
The initiative could be dismissed as a weird irony, if it weren’t for its phenomenal costs, which include likely
destruction
of biodiversity, increased water use, and reduced global food production.
A futile attempt to avoid a breakup for a year or two – after wasting trillions of euros in additional official financing by the core – would mean a disorderly end, including the
destruction
of the single market, owing to the introduction of protectionist policies on a massive scale.
Now, too, fears of mutually assured
destruction
could re-emerge.
Finally, and interestingly (if unpersuasive to many), all of Iran’s leaders continue to insist that weapons of mass
destruction
are incompatible with the basic tenets of Islam.
Perhaps today’s contagious populism will create the conditions for its own
destruction.
Our economies are more deeply intertwined than ever before, and the sheer scale of
destruction
that could be wrought by today’s weaponry may invite some semblance of restraint.
To our north, Europe is at a crossroads, undergoing a process of creative destruction, with potentially far-reaching ramifications well beyond the confines of the European Union.
Two other fundamental and inter-related security challenges in the region – the Arab-Israeli conflict and the growing danger of proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction
(WMDs) – also must be resolved in order to ensure that the Middle East’s historic transformation leads to security, stability, and prosperity.
Sustained economic growth presupposes inclusive institutions, because innovation – and the creative
destruction
and instability that it wreaks – depends on them.
Such a war could be won only by the total
destruction
of Lebanon by Israel’s air force.
To be sure, the creative
destruction
that is taking place seems to be affecting developing-economy growth proportionately more than advanced-economy growth, largely because the new technologies are being put to work where they were invented, and developing countries have not yet managed sufficient imitation.
The challenge, then, is to devise generally acceptable solutions based on cooperation, rather than on the
destruction
of competing visions.
By suggesting that Germany choose between Eurobonds or leaving the euro, he effectively advocates the euro's
destruction.
But the risk that weapons of mass
destruction
could be turned against the US makes it so.
Back
Next
Related words
Weapons
Which
Their
Would
World
Other
There
Nuclear
Creative
About
Could
Death
People
Economic
Against
Global
Assured
After
Should
Change