HyperScript 1.7.66
A block that breaks over a time, cracking as it goes, and a block that breaks without leaving anything.
Added
break block at <location> over <duration>. The block cracks the way one being mined does, a little more all the time, and breaks when the time is up, dropping what it would.
break block at {_loc} over 5 seconds
break block at {_loc} over 5 seconds without particles
The lines after it run at once; they do not wait for the block. A block that somebody mines or changes in the meantime is left alone. Everybody within 64 blocks sees the cracks. They need a Paper server, or Spigot 1.19.4 or newer; elsewhere the block simply breaks when the time is up.
break block at <location> without drops. The block breaks and nothing is left lying there. It goes together with the others, in any order:
break block at {_loc} without drops
break block at {_loc} without particles and drops
break block at {_loc} over 3 seconds without drops