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Khurbn eyrope (חורבן אײראָפּע) "Destruction of Europe", is the term for the Holocaust in Yiddish. The term uses the word khurbn (colloquially spelled "churban"), a loanword: Hebrew: חֻרְבָּן ḥurbān "destruction".
Total body disruption is invariably fatal to most complex life, such as humans, as structures necessary for continued survival are destroyed or otherwise rendered non-functional. In the case of humans, the brain (if not destroyed) is deprived of oxygenated blood, while other organs (if not destroyed) are deprived of the involuntary functions. [5]
Sack: the destruction and looting of a city, usually after an assault. Safe-guard: individual soldiers or detachments placed to prevent resources (often farms full of crops and livestock) from being looted or plundered; Salients: a pocket or "bulge" in a fortified or battle line. The enemy's line facing a salient is referred to as a "re-entrant".
[Genocide is] the planned destruction, since the mid-nineteenth century, of a racial, national, or ethnic group as such, by the following means: (a) selective mass murder of elites or parts of the population; (b) elimination of national (racial, ethnic) culture and religious life with the intent of "denationalization"; (c) enslavement, with the ...
Domicide – the systematic destruction of housing; Ecocide – the destruction of the natural environment by such activity as war, overexploitation of resources, or pollution. Famacide, defamation, or slander – the killing of another's reputation. Linguicide – intentionally causing the death of a language.
It has been defined as "a mode of secluding, and rendering harmless, anything imperilling the religious life of the nation", [4] or "the total destruction of the enemy and his goods at the conclusion of a campaign", [5] or "uncompromising consecration of property and dedication of the property to God without possibility of recall or redemption ...
Days after warning that it couldn't assure diplomats' safety in the event of war, the news of the day is that North Korea is preparing for a missile test on April 10. Another day, another act set ...
A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure.