1.   A bomb blast completely destroyed the building.

2.   The bomb blast destroyed the village.

3.   A bomb blast destroys a power plant, plunging Brooklyn and Queens into darkness.

4.   Explosives experts have advised the board that searching for proof of the exact cause may be fruitless, since the blast probably destroyed conclusive evidence.

5.   The blast destroyed the front of the building and toppled a side wall, throwing charred debris down the street, setting cars on fire and toppling trees.

6.   The blast also destroyed a six-story building.

7.   The blast had destroyed logging roads.

8.   The blasts destroyed two apartment blocks in southern Moscow, a military barracks in Dagestan and a third apartment house in the southwest city of Volgodonsk.

9.   The blast destroyed part of a building where the attorney general is compiling records for the case.

10.   The intense blasts of radiation destroyed blood cells, and people often died within weeks of exposure.