 | English  | German | |
 | shambles {pl} [treated as sg. or (less common) as pl.] [coll.] [place of carnage or destruction, scene or thing in total disorder] | 912 Schlachtfeld {n} [fig.] | |
| blight [destruction] | 707 Zerstörung {f} | |
| hist. mil. slighting [deliberate unopposed destruction of a fortification] | 12 Schleifung {f} | |
| 2 Words |
| storm-related {adj} [costs, destruction, deaths, etc.] | sturmbedingt [Kosten, Zerstörung, Todesfälle etc.] | |
| pol. violent radical [someone who aims to achieve their political ends in radical ways, such as through violence or the destruction of property] | Chaot {m} | |
| 3 Words |
| to be heading for sth. [steering towards: disaster, destruction, etc.] | etw.Dat. entgegengehen [zusteuern auf: Unglück, Untergang etc.] | |
| mil. weapons mass destruction weapons [more commonly: weapons of mass destruction] | Massenvernichtungswaffen {pl} | |
| hist. mil. tank destruction badge [for individual destruction of enemy armored fighting vehicle at close range with hand-held weaponry] [WW II German Armed Forces] | Sonderabzeichen {n} für das Niederkämpfen von Panzerkampfwagen durch Einzelkämpfer [dt. Wehrmacht] | |
| 5+ Words |
| hist. relig. (fast of) the Ninth of Av [anniversary of the destruction of the Jerusalem temple] | der 9. Av {m} | |
