Preposition: of

• rainforest: Of course the single biggest loss of habitat is the destruction of the rainforests.

• embryo: PGD involves the destruction of embryos as a matter of course.

• temple: There is also the question of how total the destruction of the temple was.

• habitat: This destruction of habitat is damaging for otter populations.

• ozone: Be able to outline the chemical reactions involved in the destruction of ozone by nitrous oxides, CFCs and other chlorine compounds.

• cartilage: They can lead to instant bone on bone contact and destruction of the articular cartilage over time.

Converse of object

• wreak: Below is a famous reconstructed map of what Shoreham is meant to have looked like before the sea wreaked such destruction.

• assure: The possession of nuclear weapons by both sides led to the ultimate deterrent doctrine of mutually assured destruction.

• inflict: Iraq viewed the United States as responsible for the death and destruction inflicted by the coalition in 1991.

• escape: However, the Bell tower of the old church escaped destruction.

Adjective modifier

• mass: Who makes weapons of mass destruction: UK, USA.

• wanton: Today, as if to compensate for the Cultural Revolution's wanton destruction, refurbishment is almost complete.

• wholesale: This wholesale destruction of accumulated wisdom in the name of God precipitated the dark ages from which we did not recover until the Renaissance.

• utter: The utter destruction of all that opposed you would be a quite sufficient sign.

• wilful: The park's superintendent Mr. R. Upton, said: " This vandalism is wilful destruction.

• widespread: The archeological community is increasingly alarmed as the illegal excavation of antiquities to feed these trade has led to widespread destruction.

Noun used with modifier

• rainforest: In April we launched our campaign exposing the food retailer's role in rainforest destruction.

• habitat: Be able to explain the consequences of habitat destruction.

• ozone: Among the latter is chlorine monoxide, which initiates ozone destruction in the presence of sunlight.

• mass: Bell's George W Bush is the unholy innocent, a literal dumb ape, a chimpanzee spreading gleeful mass destruction.