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The art of turning something into nothing, dramatically and usually irreversibly.
means Causing severe, often total damage so that something no longer functions or exists.
from From Latin destruere, to unbuild — literally the opposite of construere, to build up. Wreckers, etymologically, are just architects in reverse.
Gaming slangMeans dominating an opponent, not literal demolition
Stress rootShares struere, to pile, with structure
Legal weightDestruction of evidence is its own serious crime