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Or pushed over or squashed with the intent to destroy, but not enough effort.

After the 2003 Canberra fires, there was a pic in the paper (can't find it on google) of a place in a pine plantation that had copped a huge blast of heat and sustained winds well over 100 kph. The saplings - about 1.5 meters tall - had been bent over almost 60 degrees, and had frozen there when the heat faded but the wind continued. I presume they all died from the heat but it was damn weird and creepy.