Sentence examples for destruction about from inspiring English sources

"destruction about" is not a grammatically correct phrase.
"About" is a preposition and should be followed by a noun, not a verb. Correct alternative phrases could be "destruction around" or "destruction regarding." Example: The news report was full of stories about the destruction around the city.

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These meter-wide kill sites have a predictable pattern of destruction about them.

Not deceiving people - about weapons of mass destruction, about House of Lords reform, about student tuition fees.

It grew in importance after ʿAydhāb's destruction (about 1428) to become the chief African Red Sea port and a major pilgrimage crossing point on the route to Mecca.

The dynasty was the greatest power in central Africa from the 15th century until its destruction about 1830; it succeeded even in driving the Portuguese out of the interior of Africa.

With his literary star riding so high, his poetry (After Nature) and non-fiction (On the Natural History of Destruction, about the Allied fire bombing of German cities), have also been translated.

"Mutual Destruction", about Henrik and Morten who agree a plan to kill one another's dogs, ends with Henrik reflecting that "There was something inside Morten that shunned the light.

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The landslide resulted in 15 deaths and the destruction of about thirty houses at Kuzulu village.

Well, destruction brought about by man himself; an asteroid can still smash into the planet and we'd all be doomed.

The destruction brought about by the Category 5 cyclone wrecked infrastructure and damaged roads, making transportation and communication between and within islands difficult.

There was an element of self-destruction about most of England's dismissals.

"I realized this is not only about unimaginable destruction but about the power of resurgence".

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