- <https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/meta-arguments/lifecycle>

                                                                              The [Resource Behavior](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/resources/behavior) page describes the general lifecycle for resources. Some details of that behavior can be customized using the special nested `lifecycle` block within a resource block body

                                                                              ```terraform
                                                                              resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
                                                                                # ...

                                                                                lifecycle {
                                                                              create_before_destroy = true
                                                                              }