His phenomenal success carried within it the 'seeds of its own destruction'. [=the thing that made him successful eventually caused him to fail]
His drinking started him 'on the path/road to self-destruction'.
We are trying to save the building from 'destruction'.
(..) I fear he may revert to his instincts. Rollo's conversion to Christianity is a joke. For there is nothing else in the mind of the pagan Rollo but the destruction of Paris and its Emperor. - You may be right. - COUNT ODO: I am right. And Roland can confirm it. I believe we can no more trust (..)2016 TvShow: Vikings Title: Portage Season: 4 Episode 8