Crime and Devastation

Crime

Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.

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Devastation and crime are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devastation" instead a noun "Crime".

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Devastation noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

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Crime and devastation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Devastation".

real	real crime	real devastation
terrible	terrible crime	terrible devastation
major	major crime	major devastation
greater	greater crime	greater devastation
Other adjectives: unspeakable, local, magical, alleged, global.

It's also shown that, in a literal example of this trope, attacking a planet with lasers and particle weapons is acceptable, but throwing rocks at it is a war crime due the greater devastation and the long-term effects.

Source: Rock Beats Laser

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