mass destruction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmassanddestruction
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mass
adjective[before noun]
uk/mæs/us/mæs/
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a ...
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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 ofmassanddestructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Moreover, whilst an incendiary fire caused short-term destruction themassdestructionof trees would also have a long-term impact upon revenues: trees of whatever kind took time to establish themselves.
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But that was before the science of the past decade mademassdestructiona reality.
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On another level, there are still those who aim to inflictmassdestructionon our democracies.
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There are still some drawbacks associated with those vaccines, but are there none associated with themassdestructionof animals?
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I now turn to the question ofmassdestruction.
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This would be so whether the attack were atomic or by other methods ofmassdestructionor by what we call "conventional" methods.
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That mini form ofmassdestructionis difficult to stop because only a few people undertake it.
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We can provide full employment in a period ofmassdestruction, when we are producing for the purpose of maintaining armies in the field.
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However, it is not only a matter of themassdestructionof certain parts of industrial plants and industry in this country.
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That is required by international law, so there can be no attacks on targets ofmassdestruction.
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We have learned that it is not only the superpowers who can acquire the methods and means ofmassdestruction.
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The reality is thatmassdestructionbrings with it the prospect of financial ruin for many of the small family firms which are involved.
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He used methods of skill and not methods ofmassdestruction.
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Themassdestructionof salmon and trout, by an ever-increasing number of organised gangs of poachers, is theft, with deplorable consequences to the community.
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It is a sad day when people, in order to find work, must work on projects ofmassdestruction.
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We should declare war on the illegal use of timber and end themassdestructionof forests once and for all.
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Are they meant to covermassdestructionon the farm following outbreaks of diseases such as foul pest?
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We could then eliminate, to whatever degree possible, the threat ofmassdestructionwhich has hung over the head of mankind for all these years.
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All these problems are built in wherever human beings have invented techniques ofmassdestruction.
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