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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
Destruction is fine. It's just a shift to another state of being. Removal from existence violates conservation of mass and energy and therefore is not an acceptable answer.
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Depends. The matter of the mountain could be converted to energy with 100% efficiency, causing the mountain, in material form, to be removed from existence. If blown into tiny pieces, it is not removed from existence, because we can safely say that there are pieces of the construct known as "mountain" lying about. If it becomes pure energy and dissipates throughout the atmosphere and crust, is the mountain in existence? The mountain has been transferred to other existing constructs.