Destroyed in Seconds is an American television series that premiered on Discovery Channel on August 21, 2008.

[2] Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, factories, etc.

On rare occasions, one incident will be left out of the opening compilation due to restricted space.

In Italy, a Le Mans racer comes within inches of another car, as it cartwheels across the track.

A military helicopter loses power and slices through the deck of a navy destroyer.

Unlike Shockwave and World's Most Amazing Videos, there are no interviewees to talk about what happened in that incident.

Usually, if a destruction is horrible, very dangerous, heart-stopping, or results in many injuries, the show usually goes into commercial either right at the moment of impact, right before it, or a little afterwards (for example, Jack Bland's brutal crash at Hagerstown in episode 8).