"Without a concept of rehabilitation, 'intervention' can be an act of wanton destruction.

Whether the house was razed as an act of wanton destruction or whether it came down under other circumstances is unclear; sources vary.

Someone has committed an act of wanton destruction, right outside the high queen's palace... and all I see are outsiders come to leer at the chaos.

Then I kicked in the TV set, an act of wanton destruction that helped a bit, before I poured a stiff cogitating drink.

Auriga controlled more than one fourth of the planet in his time with his bloodlust and acts of wanton destruction making him a feared and dangerous opponent to face.

Judge Kenny, in the Irish High Court in 1926, stated that the destruction of Mitchelstown Castle had been an act of wanton destruction which had no military purpose.

Before leaving the city, in an act of wanton destruction (World War II was almost over), the German troops destroyed the harbour area and all the infrastructure with a number of huge explosive charges.

But when North Shore City Council officers were ordered to shoot chickens, it caused controversy including an outburst from Auckland City Mayor John Banks, saying the shootings were "an act of wanton destruction and an animal rights outrage."

That was a far cry from the slaughter performed by the "rapacious" Vandals in their own sack of Rome in A.D. 455, when they carted off all "public or private wealth, of sacred or profane treasure," which is how their name got attached to miscellaneous acts of wanton destruction.

"Without a concept of rehabilitation, 'intervention' can be an act of wanton destruction.

Whether the house was razed as an act of wanton destruction or whether it came down under other circumstances is unclear; sources vary.

Someone has committed an act of wanton destruction, right outside the high queen's palace... and all I see are outsiders come to leer at the chaos.

Then I kicked in the TV set, an act of wanton destruction that helped a bit, before I poured a stiff cogitating drink.

Judge Kenny, in the Irish High Court in 1926, stated that the destruction of Mitchelstown Castle had been an act of wanton destruction which had no military purpose.

Before leaving the city, in an act of wanton destruction (World War II was almost over), the German troops destroyed the harbour area and all the infrastructure with a number of huge explosive charges.

But when North Shore City Council officers were ordered to shoot chickens, it caused controversy including an outburst from Auckland City Mayor John Banks, saying the shootings were "an act of wanton destruction and an animal rights outrage."