User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/Archangels are weak, don't you agree?/@comment-26287559-20150927220636/@comment-3481504-20150928043619

I would say archangels could definitely destroy a city with a shrug. The reason why Lucifer needed death to destroy Chicago was most likely because he was still in Nick for a long time at this point and so his powers were drooping to the point where he couldn't do it himself. Being as powerful as he was, Gabriel might be able to destroy a planet with the snap of his fingers.

And at this time, it's unclear if Jesse can destroy archangels with a word.