utter destruction

collocation in English

meaningsofutteranddestruction

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utter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.ər/us
/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ/
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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 ofutteranddestructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofutter destruction

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They have lived their whole lives in a world which believes in the need to maintain, as a deterrent, the power ofutterdestruction.
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Without the veto the industry is doomed toutterdestructionbecause we shall have no final say to protect our vital interests.
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I am sure she would not expect me to plunge toutterdestructionwithout a protesting word.
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When victory is obtained by one group by theutterdestructionof their enemies, there is peace for a time.
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And by such methods he brought this country near toutterdestruction.
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All these countries are now demanding money from us because we took certain things from them to save them fromutterdestruction.
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The alternative isutterdestruction.
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But we did it because we believed profoundly that it was the only way to save our country, and all those things for which our country stood, fromutterdestruction.
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We can never forget the debt of gratitude that we owe to them for preserving many of our towns and cities fromutterdestructionby fire.
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The rabbit, in my opinion, is one of those animals theutterdestructionof which would result in the countryside being a far less interesting place than it is.
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The scientists, by their discoveries, have brought this risk ofutterdestructionupon mankind: it is up to them to make certain that the risk never turns into a reality.
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Gendwar preaches nothing less thanutterdestructionof the enemies of the dwarven race.
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This brought about theutterdestructionof 15 houses.
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The blaze was thus prevented from reaching other parts of the building, which might have led to the factorysutterdestruction.
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This usually results in the extinction of all life on the planet or perhaps even theutterdestructionof the planet itself.
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It was seen as an entity that threatened the enemy withutterdestruction, and thus prevented war.
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Only drastic administrative intervention saved the county fromutterdestruction.
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Any other answer would, as the declaration warned, cause prompt andutterdestruction.
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He reports that the village was ablaze, with "diverse variances, quarrels and debates" even lawsuits, to "theutterdestructionand overthrow of manie".
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However, as she also has a knack of saving the teachers, the pupils and sometimes the whole academy fromutterdestruction, she always escapes getting expelled.
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