<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">destruction</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>blasting</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>breaking</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>crushing</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>demolition</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>defacement</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>mutilation</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>dismemberment</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>deforestation</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>deurbanization</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>deconstruction</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>ritual destruction</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>destroyed</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>processes and techniques by specific type</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>destroying</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Process of ruining, demolishing, pulling to pieces, reducing to fragments, undoing, wasting, rendering useless, putting an end to a material object, structure, or other thing. May also refer to the ruining of an immaterial thing. ]]></note></mads>