systematic destruction

collocation in English

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systematic
adjective
uk
/ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/us
/ˌsɪs.təˈmæt̬.ɪk/
according to an agreed set of methods or ...
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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 ofsystematicanddestructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What connects the two is the wanton violence on women and children, thesystematicdestructionof the economy, and the general terror in the countryside.
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He told us that the almost totalsystematicdestructionof many of the war industries was indescribable.
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It was a brutal,systematicdestructionof a whole people and a way of life.
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Thissystematicdestructionalso disposes of healthy carriers of the disease.
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It is no longer so, due to asystematicdestructionof its economy and institutions.
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What, moreover, we see, and have seen for a long time, is an all butsystematicdestructionof their cultural heritage and of their ability to practise their religion.
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A fleet of savage beings followed the radiation wave and invaded the planet, and began thesystematicdestructionof all remaining sentient life.
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However, before these sailors left their ships, they carried out a program ofsystematicdestruction calculated to take the longest possible time to repair.
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Thesystematicdestructionof many examples of locomotives, most still in serviceable condition, followed.
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The victims have alleged thatsystematicdestructionof their properties and livelihood resources has taken place.
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Systematicdestructionof the building by later inhabitants makes any further detail for the interior of the structure unidentifiable.
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This was not only due to the immediate fighting, but also because of thesystematicdestructionwhich followed the uprising after it had been suppressed.
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Accordingly, the ethnocide would be thesystematicdestructionof the thought and the way of life of people different from those who carry out this enterprise of destruction.
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