Asked by oue

Read the sentences from the text.

"Francisco thought the developers were monsters, greedily devouring the wide stretches of unsoiled beaches and empty, grassy meadows... Why such destruction, and not even to give people homes?"


Now read the dictionary entry for destruction.

Main entry: destruction
damage
slay
neutralized
abolished
devastation

Which of these is an accurate definition of destruction as it is used in the text above?

slay


neutralized


abolished


devastation

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
devastation

Context: "destruction" here means ruining or devastating the beaches and meadows — not killing (slay), neutralizing, or abolishing.