The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.

　　暴風雨過處滿目瘡痍。

　　The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.

　　颶風過后滿目瘡痍。

　　Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction.

　　某些科學發明被濫用來生產毀滅性武器。

　　The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction.

　　主要論點是資本主義播下了自我毀滅的種子。

　　In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside.

　　在那首詩里他對鄉村遭到的破壞流露出悲哀。