physical destruction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalanddestruction
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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destruction
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/us/dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/
the act of destroying something, or the fact of ...
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(Definition ofphysicalanddestructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A greater concern was thephysicaldestructionof the wealth of the church and, in turn, the impact on hospitality and charity.
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The body blow dealt by the migration of skilled workers added to the city'sphysicaldestructionin the wake of partition.
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This loss may involvephysicaldestruction, or it may involve the more subtle withdrawal of economic, political, and cultural meaning and power from localities in favor of these far-flung systems.
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With thephysicaldestructioncomes destruction of the country's economic and social fabric, so that the people are left virtually without hope.
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I will quote them:physicaldestructionon land, £1,500,000,000;physicaldestructionon sea, £700,000,000; internal disinvestment, £900,000,000; external disinvestment, £4,200,000,000.
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It is increasingly thephysicaldestructionof heaths, moorlands.
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Ourphysicaldestructionon land was £1,500 million and shipping losses amounted to £700 million.
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We cannot repairphysicaldestructionovernight, and we cannot restore the moral currency overnight.
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Thephysicaldestructionof heaths, moorlands, marshes, meadows, wetlands, deciduous woods and sites of special scientific interest is appalling and should be halted.
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Amidst all thephysicaldestructionand mental distress there is an enormous amount of creative energy at work.
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Thirdly, we proposed the earlyphysicaldestructionof some armaments, the bonfire.
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After the war, however, with all itsphysicaldestruction, it was inevitable that rationing of food would become general for several years.
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Thephysicaldestructionof heaths, moorland, marshes, meadows, wetlands, deciduous woods, hedgerows and sites of special scientific interest should simply be halted.
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Thephysicaldestructionof the war was terrible enough, but we ought not to forget, also, the tremendous moral deterioration which went on during the years of war.
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Surprisingly, there has not been thephysicaldestructionof their pits which one might have anticipated, and there is not such a shortage of essential materials, as might have occurred.
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Third, we have already supported the bonfire—that is, the earlierphysicaldestructionof some armaments.
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We have had presented to us the figures about the effect of the war inphysicaldestruction, in under-maintenance and in the postponement of essential schemes.
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Certainly there has never been a war in which there has been a such greatphysicaldestructionon the territories of other countries, for which reparation was required.
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Thephysicaldestructionwill be immense.
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Physicaldestructionmay be necessary to securely erase devices such as memory cards and unusable hard disks.
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