destruction

pronunciation

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Noun:

termination by an act of destruction
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
a final state

Word Origin

destruction (n.): 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).

Synonym

n.

knifing slaughter killing slaying murder strangling decimation liquidation

n.

rebuttal contradiction confutation opposition denial refutation disproof negation

n.

marking erasure off deleting dele

n.

counterbalance neutralization counteraction counterpoise

n.

despoilment ravagement ruination ruins wasting devastation havoc

n.

crushing eradication extinction annihilation defeat extirpation damnation extermination

n.

ravaging burst down tear tearing breaking explosion demolition beating razing damage crack-up smashing wreckage implosion wrecking gutting

n.

devitalization exhaustion weakening

n.

voidance discharge

Antonym

n.

construction establishment

Example

1. Then an earthquake caused a lot of destruction .

2. Economic growth is a continual process of job destruction .

3. Witnesses at the scene describe bodies scattered amid the destruction .

4. For that reason , other people regard the deliberate destruction of human blastocysts as wrong .

5. Result in more tumour destruction .

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