destruction

pronunciation

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n.

破坏，毁灭，消灭，灭亡，扑灭，驱除
摧毁
毁灭的原因，破坏手段
杀害

Word Origin

destruction 摧毁

de-, 夺去，损毁。-struct, 建造，词源同structure,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 .: 然后地震又带来了巨大的破坏。

2. Economic growth is a continual process of job destruction .: 经济发展就是一个不断毁灭就业的过程。

3. Witnesses at the scene describe bodies scattered amid the destruction .: 现场目击者描述尸体散落在被摧毁的现场。

4. For that reason , other people regard the deliberate destruction of human blastocysts as wrong .: 正因如此，另一些人认为故意毁坏人类胚泡的行为是不正确的。

5. Result in more tumour destruction .: 不会导向更多的肿瘤毁灭。

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