diff --git a/Content.Server/Destructible/DestructibleSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Destructible/DestructibleSystem.cs
index e4cd326978..53b9da9132 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Destructible/DestructibleSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Destructible/DestructibleSystem.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ namespace Content.Server.Destructible
 
                     threshold.Execute(uid, this, EntityManager);
                 }
+
+                // if destruction behavior (or some other deletion effect) occurred, don't run other triggers.
+                if (EntityManager.IsQueuedForDeletion(uid) || Deleted(uid))
+                    return;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Power/lights.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Power/lights.yml
index f2573b43a5..2089d86e44 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Power/lights.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Power/lights.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
         Blunt: 5
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 100
+      behaviors: #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 5
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Doors/Windoors/base_structurewindoors.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Doors/Windoors/base_structurewindoors.yml
index 353beaa850..17c8d861d6 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Doors/Windoors/base_structurewindoors.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Doors/Windoors/base_structurewindoors.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
     damageModifierSet: Glass
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 400
+      behaviors: #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 200
@@ -122,6 +128,12 @@
       visible: false
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 600
+      behaviors: #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 400
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Piping/Disposal/pipes.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Piping/Disposal/pipes.yml
index c8b9a0d0a3..1f0a90ef86 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Piping/Disposal/pipes.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Piping/Disposal/pipes.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@
     thresholds:
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
-        damage: 100
+        damage: 100 #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: ["Destruction"]
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 50
       behaviors:
       - !type:DoActsBehavior
         acts: ["Breakage"]
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/cables.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/cables.yml
index 29fce36d55..ad7e73a1bb 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/cables.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/cables.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     thresholds:
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
-        damage: 100
+        damage: 50
       behaviors:
       - !type:DoActsBehavior
         acts: ["Destruction"]
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 100
+      behaviors: #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 50
       behaviors:
       - !type:SpawnEntitiesBehavior
         spawn:
@@ -109,6 +115,12 @@
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 100
+      behaviors: #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 50
       behaviors:
       - !type:SpawnEntitiesBehavior
         spawn:
@@ -153,6 +165,12 @@
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 100
+      behaviors: #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 50
       behaviors:
       - !type:SpawnEntitiesBehavior
         spawn:
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/grille.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/grille.yml
index 231a391f95..91bf83b81d 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/grille.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/grille.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
             - SmallImpassable
     - type: Destructible
       thresholds:
+        - trigger:
+            !type:DamageTrigger
+            damage: 50 #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+          behaviors:
+            - !type:DoActsBehavior
+              acts: ["Destruction"]
         - trigger:
             !type:DamageTrigger
             damage: 20
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/walls.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/walls.yml
index c07b433ba2..9384af5fe6 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/walls.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Walls/walls.yml
@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@
     node: reinforcedWall
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 1200 #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: ["Destruction"]
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 600
@@ -471,6 +477,12 @@
     sprite: Structures/Walls/solid.rsi
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 600 # #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: ["Destruction"]
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 300
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/reinforced.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/reinforced.yml
index 82466829cc..04d5b847f9 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/reinforced.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/reinforced.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
     doAfterDelay: 2
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 300 #excess damage (nuke?). Avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 150
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/window.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/window.yml
index 50a4550fa6..a15585e426 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/window.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Windows/window.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
   - type: Repairable
   - type: Destructible
     thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 150 #excess damage (nuke?). avoid computational cost of spawning entities.
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
     - trigger:
         !type:DamageTrigger
         damage: 50