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Destruction of Palmares
The Destruction of Palmares (Destruição de Palmares) was the 1694–1695 military campaign that ended the quilombo of Palmares in northeastern Brazil, killing its leader Zumbi.
Destruction of Seoul
The destruction of Seoul was the devastation of the South Korean capital during the Korean War, when the city changed hands four times between 1950 and 1951.
Destruction of Tarsus (c. 1200 BC)
The destruction of Tarsus around 1200 BC was the burning of the Late Bronze Age Hittite city at Gözlükule in Cilicia, southeastern Anatolia, during the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Destruction of Tell Deir Alla (c. 1200 BC)
The destruction of Tell Deir Alla, an earthquake and fire in the Jordan Valley around 1188–1150 BC, destroyed its temple complex during the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (1009): Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ordered the Jerusalem church razed; rebuilt 1012–1040, replaced by crusaders 1140–1149.
Destruction of the First Temple
The Destruction of the First Temple, also called the Destruction of Solomon's Temple, was the burning of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylonian army in 587/586 BC.
Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, also called the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse, was the catastrophic breach of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine, on 6 June 2023.
Destruction of the Moon
The destruction of the Moon is a hypothetical scenario and recurring science fiction premise in which an impact, tidal forces, or an unknown agent shatters Earth's satellite.
Destruction of the Rafi'-Nia synagogue
The Rafi'-Nia synagogue (کنیسه رفیعنیا), a central Tehran synagogue serving Iran's Jewish community since 1958, was completely destroyed by an Israeli missile strike on 7 April 2026, hours after a Passover service.
Destruction of the Seven Cities
The Destruction of the Seven Cities, or ruina de las siete ciudades, was the Mapuche destruction of Spanish settlements south of the Bío-Bío River in Chile from 1598 to 1604.
Destruction of the Shakya clan of Kapilavastu
The destruction of the Shakya clan of Kapilavastu (शाक्य वंश का विध्वंस) was the massacre of the Buddha's kin by King Vidudabha of Kosala in the fifth or sixth century BC.
Destruction of Ugarit
The destruction of Ugarit, also called the Fall of Ugarit, was the burning of the Levantine port city around 1190–1185 BC during the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Destruction of Warsaw
The Destruction of Warsaw was the near-total razing of Poland's capital by German forces during World War II, planned by Heinrich Himmler after the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
Destruction under the Mongol Empire
Destruction under the Mongol Empire covers thirteenth-century conquest devastation: the Khwarazmian campaign, the sack of Baghdad in 1258, Hungary 1241-1242, disputed death tolls near 40 million, archaeological revision of total ruin, and the debunked Caffa plague-catapult story.
Destructive distillation
Destructive distillation is the heating of a solid such as coal or wood in the absence of air so it decomposes chemically, yielding coke or charcoal, tars, and gases.
Destructive Tendencies
Destructive Tendencies is a British uptempo hardcore act formed in 2010, known for its low "deep kick" sound, the 2015 number one "Sound Becomes One", and its label Masters of Hardcore.
Destructive testing
Destructive testing is a family of engineering methods in which a material, component, or structure is loaded or broken to determine its strength and failure behavior, complementing non-destructive testing.
Destructo
Destructo is the stage name of Gary Richards, an American DJ and producer known for G-house music who founded the HARD festivals and the Friendship cruise.
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again (1939) is a Universal comic Western directed by George Marshall, starring James Stewart as a gunless deputy and Marlene Dietrich as saloon singer Frenchy, based on Max Brand's 1930 novel.
DeSu7
DeSu7 (দেসু7), 2026 Bengali action drama-romance, Dev Adhikari's directorial debut, his seventh film with Subhashree Ganguly, with Anirban Bhattacharya in dual roles; set in fictional Simantapur near the India–Bangladesh border, released 16 October 2026.
Desugared orange juice
Desugared orange juice, or desugared fermented orange juice (GRN 679), is orange juice fermented with Schizosaccharomyces pombe to remove sugars, then pasteurized and dealcoholized; FDA had no questions in 2017.
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Spirillum desulfuricans) is the type species of Desulfovibrio, a gram-negative anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacterium from freshwater, soil, and marine habitats, a model organism for sulfate respiration, corrosion, and metal bioremediation.
Desulfovibrio vulgaris
Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris), an anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacterium; Hildenborough strain, genome 3,570,858 bp sequenced 2004, first SRB genome; model for sulfate respiration, hydrogen cycling, metal bioremediation, and biocorrosion.
Desulfurococcales
Desulfurococcales (Desulfurococcus order, synonym "Igneococcales") is an order of hyperthermophilic, mostly neutrophilic archaea in class Thermoprotei, growing optimally at 85-106 degrees C, closely related to Sulfolobales, with families Desulfurococcaceae and Pyrodictiaceae.
Desvenlafaxine
Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) is an SNRI antidepressant, the active metabolite of venlafaxine, FDA-approved in 2008 for adult major depressive disorder at 50 mg once daily, with renal dose adjustments and a suicidality boxed warning.
Desventuradas Islands
Desventuradas Islands (Islas Desventuradas): remote uninhabited Chilean archipelago of San Ambrosio and San Félix, about 840 km off Antofagasta, with extreme marine endemism and the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park.
Det
Det is a long poem by the Danish poet Inger Christensen, published in 1969 and widely regarded as her breakthrough and a central work of Danish system poetry.
Det de Beus
Det de Beus (Anna Maria Bernadette de Beus, 1958-2013), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper for EMHC Eindhoven with 105 caps, Olympic gold 1984 and bronze 1988, multiple World Cup and European titles.
Detached binary
A detached binary is a binary star system in which neither component fills its Roche lobe. It is one of three standard configurations in the Roche-model of close binaries.
Detached eddy simulation
Detached eddy simulation (DES) is a hybrid CFD approach that treats boundary layers with RANS equations and resolves detached eddies with LES, first proposed in 1997.