It was spared from further destruction by surrendering without a fight to advancing allied troops on 12 April, 1945.

In the 1980's, at the height of the Reagan-era budget cuts, they led the states and cities to spare their own safety nets from destruction.

It states, in effect, that the God of Earth has decided to spare the planet from destruction.

They were followers of the Rebel Angels who had spared them from destruction.

The Ursuline convent was one of the few buildings spared from destruction.

America's first national park will thus be spared from destruction by toxic mine waste.

Most of its facilities were turned into apartments, which spared the convent from destruction.

That same day, Manila was declared an open city to spare the city from death and destruction.

Because of his passion for history, this small gate was spared from destruction.

People believed that for as long the Cathedral was standing the city would be spared from destruction.