...Three times didthe wind thus change from west to north, and three times did thesehostile fires, as if obstinately bent on the destruction of the imperialquarters, appear eager to follow its course... 
George Grote 「The Two Great Retreats of History」
...It was now evident that everything was devoted to destruction,the ancient and sacred Kremlin not excepted...
George Grote 「The Two Great Retreats of History」
...One thing thatis impossible is the destruction of matter...
Various 「Astounding Stories, August, 1931」
...The front of his skull-like face was twisted with the sardonic laugh of destruction...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
... For Tchernoff, the final defeat did not mean the destruction of Germany nor the annihilation of the German people...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
...The owner stated that this destruction was not the work of the Germans, but was caused by a projectile from one of the seventy-fives when repelling the invaders from the village...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
... At first the Spaniard had conceived that she was meeting the victorious fleet of Don Miguel, returning from the destruction of the pirates...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
... "The luck's cut square in two pieces," said Long Jack, forking in the fish, while Harvey stood open-mouthed at the skill with which the plunging dory was saved from destruction...
Rudyard Kipling 「"Captains Courageous"」
...“The Scarlet Pimpernel’s actions in the present matter will not lose their merited publicity through the foolish destruction of this document...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
...Chauvelin had indeed left nothing undone, had thought everything out in this strangely conceived scheme for the destruction of the enemy of France...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
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