destrozo
defacement ; smashing ; ravages ; rampage ; decimation ; rack and ruin ; shambles ; breakage.
Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
The traditional sacred silence has even been replaced by a wonderful and imaginative smashing of the 'sound barrier' between silent print and the world of activity.
Problems faced maybe entirely new ones, such as protecting the library's stock from the ravages of climate or of insects.
These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
The policies that the Mugabe government have taken have lead the country to economic and political rack and ruin.
The article is entitled 'From shambles to showplace'.
If you brush or comb your hair too often or in the wrong way, this can lead to breakage.
causar destrozos
wreak + devastation
This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.
destrozo intencionado
mutilation
His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
destrozo producido por las condiciones ambientales
environmental damage
Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
