Sentence examples for act of destroying from inspiring English sources

Halleck ordered that those caught in the act of destroying public property "will be immediately shot".

We establish a connection with the unknown through the act of giving something and, paradoxically, the act of destroying something.

"And that act of destroying the most incredible thing itself becomes the most incredible thing," says De Frutos.

While the act of destroying an American flag may be repulsive, the proposal of this amendment is itself unpatriotic and un-American.

If you are lucky enough to be unfamiliar with negging, it's the act of destroying a woman's self-esteem through insults so that they somehow find you more attractive.

General Keith Alexander, the then director of the NSA, was briefed that the Guardian was prepared to make a largely symbolic act of destroying documents from Edward Snowden last July, new documents reveal.

Many Peruvians subsequently accused Fujimori of condoning those acts and of destroying relevant evidence, though he denied the charges.

"The most remarkable is that it extends to section 29 of the Crimes Act, the offence of destroying or damaging commonwealth property, which would appear to not necessarily require any connection to terrorism at all.

But genocide is a crime based on intent, and pin-pointing who has acted with the goal of destroying Darfur's non-Arab groups will remain difficult unless investigators dig up the wells, examine the ravines, apprehend perpetrators, and ascertain the command-and-control relationships among Sudanese leaders, Air Force pilots, and Arab militiamen.

As the United Nations defines genocide, it is "any act committed with the idea of destroying in whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial or religious group".

But Thomas presents her subjects one-dimensionally, as a kind of British double act of talent destroyed.