Can a tractor beam suck up an entire city like New York?

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Would a tractor beam in Star Wars have the power to suck up a major city like New York or Singapore? Example of what I think a tractor beam would do to Singapore:

_{Picture courtesy of Independence Day: Resurgence}

Have tractor beams ever been used in Star Wars to destroy things at all?

@armadillo - So does that mean that this is asking a question about Star Wars in terms of the fictional technology in another work? — Adamant, Jun 05 '16 at 04:38
It's asking if tractor beams have ever been used in SW to destroy things. — Mazura, Jun 05 '16 at 04:46
That's right Mazura. If not seen destroying stuff, then can it's power be enough to do the damage to the cities like above? — STARWARSFAN, Jun 05 '16 at 04:50
Either canon, legends or both. Any of them would be great. And hopefully, someone can answer this question soon. — STARWARSFAN, Jun 05 '16 at 04:52
Damn, before I saw the Star Wars tag I was going to cite the destruction of Federation outposts along the Romulan Neutral Zone by the Borg (presumably using tractor beams). Wrong franchise! — ApproachingDarknessFish, Jun 05 '16 at 05:15
IMO, the title calls for an ancillary ST answer (just how presumably was it? @ApproachingDarknessFish) — Mazura, Jun 05 '16 at 20:06

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '16 at 07:26

Yes, although it (probably) won't be in one piece!
In the Legends' Dark Empire comic book series (and mentioned elsewhere in Legends EU), the Empire built the World Devastators:

A Devastator's primary tactic was to land on the surface of a planet. There, its mighty tractor beam projectors would literally tear the planet beneath it apart, thus making them "planet killers."

The most obvious example of this comes when a group of the 3km machines were tasked to attack Mon Cal:

... although sometimes they just needed a light snack, and munched on Star Destroyers:

See also, How did they dig the big trench in Star Killer Base? — Mazura, Jun 05 '16 at 20:00

Can a tractor beam suck up an entire city like New York?

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