Even if the empire survived, he was leading his crew into certain destruction.

In only ten days this war had cost the enemy the certain destruction of 233 submarines.

Within two weeks the German forces in the south, faced with certain destruction, surrendered.

Most of all, you can save the Argo from almost certain destruction.

In the beginning, men had stood their ground, even in the face of certain destruction.

At those values anything like a physical hit became certain destruction from kinetic energy alone.

You might have returned it to us, and spared yourself certain destruction!

Rather than risk certain destruction, they surfaced and also surrendered.

It was a mission which involved certain destruction for one.

The details of the Monitor's loss and almost certain destruction were tragic.