destruction
- the act of destroying: wanton destruction of a town.
- the condition of being destroyed; demolition; annihilation.
- a cause or means of destroying.
Origin of destruction
Synonyms for destruction
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loss, murder, eradication, ruin, massacre, slaughter, annihilation, extermination, elimination, extinction, carnage, ruination, undoing, liquidation, downfall, end, wrecking, havoc, subversion, overthrowExamples from the Web for destruction
Contemporary Examples of destruction
And the Gävle Goat, apparently a sensitive creature, took the destruction hard.
Gävle Goat must be dreading the imminent holiday and his fifty-fifty chance of destruction.
And suddenly you were in the throes of both creation and destruction.
The F4 twister cut a long swath of destruction that crossed just four blocks from my house.
Third, the destruction: These hedge-fund managers want to eliminate all limits and oversight of charter schools.
Historical Examples of destruction
This time the Romans decided to be thorough in their work of destruction.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
The unfit brought in for strength are weakness and destruction.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
When the fire was vanquished, it had practically completed its work of destruction.
Yorkshire Painted And DescribedGordon Home
As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
All that fiendish cruelty and the demon of destruction could do was done.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
destruction
- the act of destroying or state of being destroyed; demolition
- a cause of ruin or means of destroying
Word Origin for destruction
Word Origin and History for destruction
early 14c., from Old French destruction (12c.) and directly from Latin destructionem (nominative destructio) "a pulling down, destruction," from past participle stem of destruere "tear down" (see destroy).