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- DictionaryDe·struc·tion/dəˈstrəkSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired: "the destruction of the library in Alexandria"
2 days ago · Human activity is causing environmental degradation, which is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.
3 days ago · war, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude.
- Joseph Frankel
1 day ago · 2.2 Definition and types of rockburst, coal bump and mine earthquake 2.2.1 Definition and types of rockburst. Rockburst is a sudden and violent destruction of rock. The ejection of rock fragments and the rapid release of energy have caused serious disasters in underground engineering (He et al. 2023). Rockburst is characterized by suddenness ...
3 days ago · Many dictionaries define death as “the extinction or cessation of life ” or as “ceasing to be.”. As life itself is notoriously difficult to define—and as everyone tends to think of things in terms of what is known—the problems in defining death are immediately apparent.
1 day ago · Eschatology. Eschatology ( / ˌɛskəˈtɒlədʒi / ⓘ; from Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos) 'last', and -logy) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or the world itself. [1] The end of the world or end times [2] is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that ...
2 days ago · Waste disposal, the collection, processing, and recycling or deposition of the waste materials of human society. Waste is classified by source and composition, and its components may be either hazardous or inert with respect to their effects on health and their effect on the environment.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · (1) A person who willfully and maliciously destroys or injures the personal property of another person is guilty of a crime as follows:
