Sentence:  They 've worried , they 've lain awake nights , they 've shook at the slightest footstep , they 've pictured their own <WSD>destruction</WSD> , and now it 's all over and they can give up . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists