Elephants destroy property and crops; tigers kill cattle and people.
But you don't have the right to destroy property".
It doesn't destroy property, but it's not exactly Gandhian non-violence, either.
"It's going to destroy property prices in this area," muttered one.
He feared that linking the riots to poverty gave people permission to loot and destroy property.
Catastrophic events, moreover, destroy property and ravage the natural landscape – impacts from which it may take decades to recover.
Young radicals from the Weathermen were making bombs to destroy property, beginning with the main library at Columbia University.
Instead, he said, they had acted in "a concerted effort" to destroy property, using crowbars, hammers, and collapsible metal batons.
"There were serious efforts to stop the convention, hurt people, destroy property and prevent delegates from getting to the convention.
Still, no one is seriously injured, and the intention of the bombers is to destroy property, not human beings.
Others, she said, have severe separation anxiety; if left alone, they will destroy property or mutilate themselves.
