Caries is a progressive destruction of any kind of bone structure, including the skull, ribs and other bones, or the teeth.

Patients with osteoarthritis have a progressive destruction of joint tissue which can be exactly quantified.

With the progressive destruction of the rainforest comes a loss of habitats for many species of birds.

The plan involved not merely the separation of Church and State but the progressive and systematic destruction of religion.

Neither of the leading candidates speaks of the progressive destruction of the physical environment, and so you do not even bring the subject up for dismissal.

The canon goes on to describe the progressive destruction of each sun.

He argued that Mr. Bush may soon be forced "to consider a surgical and progressive destruction of Iraq's military assets."

Pick's disease is a rare neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain.

These drugs not only treat arthritis symptoms, but they also can slow down progressive joint destruction.

Accumulation of these metabolites leads to a progressive destruction of the central nervous system and eventually to death.