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cdk: Destroy a space-separated list of stacks.

$ cdk destroy ${stack_name}

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The command cdk destroy ${stack_name} is used to destroy or delete an AWS CloudFormation stack created using the AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit).

Here's an explanation of each component:

cdk: It refers to the AWS CDK command-line tool.
destroy: It is the specific command within the CDK tool used to delete or destroy a CloudFormation stack.
${stack_name}: It is a placeholder for the name of the CloudFormation stack that you want to destroy. You need to replace ${stack_name} with the actual name of the stack you want to delete.

When you execute this command, the CDK will internally communicate with AWS CloudFormation and instruct it to delete the specified stack. As a result, all the resources (such as EC2 instances, S3 buckets, Lambda functions, etc.) created as part of that stack will be deleted, and any associated data will be lost.

It is important to note that the cdk destroy command is irreversible. Once executed, all the resources within the specified stack will be terminated, and there's no way to recover them. Therefore, you should exercise caution while using this command, especially with production or critical resources.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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