rapid destruction

collocation in English

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rapid
adjective
uk
/ˈræp.ɪd/us
/ˈræp.ɪd/
fast ...
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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 ofrapidanddestructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In bio-diversity terms any increase in livestock and/or wildlife could lead to acute land degradation andrapiddestructionof the fragile fauna and flora habitats.
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Therapiddestructionof these essential sites is causing the most concern.
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It is therefore particularly sad that those developments have coincided with the veryrapiddestruction of sites, which could otherwise have been excavated with profit to this and future generations.
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With therapiddestructionof archaeological sites we have a wasting asset and there will increasingly be fewer sites from which our history can be reconstructed.
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With suchrapiddestructionand degradation of our precious wildlife resource, there has been steady growth in public and political support for tough and comprehensive new laws.
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Active monitoring and deliberate protection may mitigate furtherrapiddestructionmaking "in situ" preservation an option, but long term survival can never be guaranteed.
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The gas can also cause blindness byrapiddestructionof the corneas.
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A rebellion which failed to quickly seize the capital and control of the military for itself normally found itself doomed torapiddestruction.
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This type of reaction, called an acute hemolytic reaction, results in therapiddestruction(hemolysis) of the donor red blood cells by host antibodies.
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Without a ballast, excess current would flow, causingrapiddestructionof the lamp.
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This means that strong inactivation of separase by securin followed by sudden,rapiddestructionof securin and activation of separase is vital for proper anaphase.
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Around this time, he became focused on therapiddestructionof many of the world's habitats and species.
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The arrival of man saw the introduction of invasive alien species and therapiddestructionof habitat and the loss of much of the endemic flora and fauna.
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However, the introduction of new fishing gears, the use of dynamite and therapiddestructionof mangroves have all contributed to a drastic decline in the bay's fish population.
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