Cities are the sites of urban violence, mass destruction of architecture, and large-scale displacement of communities. While we often hear about the destruction of cities in times of war, invasion, and occupation as in Palestine, Ukraine, Yemen, and Sudan, we hear less about the destruction of cities in times of “peace.” In this chapter, Azzouz explains how many cities have been damaged in peace and war, and when the lines between them blur. Through a wide range of cases, he shows how architecture has been weaponized as a tool to collectively punish communities, erase their presence, and make their neighborhoods, towns, and cities uninhabitable. Very often, this destruction is targeted toward selected communities based on their political opinion, religion, race, and ethnicity. Even when destruction ends, the suffering of victims who lose their homes does not end. Azzouz, therefore, argues that we need to shift the attention from the focus on the scenes of destruction to the afterlife of erasure, when everyday life becomes a war in itself. The chapter concludes with a call for a global conversation about reconstruction as many war-torn cities and their communities search for a future without ruins.