destruction
to undo, break into useless pieces, or reduce into a useless form, consume, or dissolve
destruction of Warsaw
plans by Germany
Persian destruction of Athens
Persian siege and destruction of Athens (480–479 BCE)
art destruction
damaging or destruction of works of art
Destruction of Kalisz
Sacking of a Polish City during WW1
iconoclasm
avoidance or destruction of religious, political or cultural icons
intentional destruction
willful destruction of or damage to cultural assets
planned obsolescence
practice of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life
demolition
tearing-down of buildings and other structures
kaput
broken
information-theoretic death
destruction of information within a human brain such that recovery of the original person is theoretically impossible
controlled explosion
bomb-disposal technique
habitat destruction
state when natural environment becomes unable to support its native species due to human activity
weathering
breaking down of rocks, soil and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, biota and waters
Siege of Carthage
main engagement of the Third Punic War in which the Roman Republic besieged the Punic city of Carthage in c. 149–146 BCE
tidal disruption event
pulling apart of a star by tidal forces when it gets too close to a supermassive black hole
genocide
crime against humanity consisting of the planned and deliberate extermination of a people
implosion
a process in which objects are destroyed by collapsing (or being squeezed in) on themselves
deconstruction
selective dismantlement of building components