About The Word Destruction
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Destruction
Destruction Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Destruction?
[n] termination by an act of destruction
[n] an event or the result of an event that destroys something [n] a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" Synonyms | Synonyms for Destruction: death | demolition | devastation | end Related Terms | Find terms related to Destruction: abomination | abscission | amputation | annihilation | assassination | atrocity | bad | bane | bankruptcy | beating | befoulment | bereavement | blight | blood | bloodletting | bloodshed | braining | breakage | breakdown | breaking down | breaking up | breakup | collapse | confusion | conquering | conquest | corruption | cost | crack-up | crash | crippling | crying evil | damage | dead loss | dealing death | deathblow | debacle | debit | defeat | defilement | demolition | denial | denudation | deprivation | despoilment | despoliation | destroyer | destruction of life | detriment | devastation | dilapidation | disablement | dispatch | dispossession | disrepair | divestment | downfall | drubbing | elimination | encroachment | end | eradication | euthanasia | evil | excision | exclusion | execution | expense | extermination | extinction | extirpation | failure | fall | flow of blood | forfeit | forfeiture | genocide | gore | grievance | harm | havoc | hiding | hobbling | holocaust | hurt | hurting | ill | immolation | impairment | incapacitation | infection | infringement | injury | inroad | kill | killing | lambasting | lapidation | lathering | laying waste | licking | liquidation | loser | losing | losing streak | loss | maiming | martyrdom | martyrization | massacre | mastery | mayhem | mercy killing | mischief | murder | mutilation | outrage | overcoming | overthrow | overturn | perdition | poison | poisoning | pollution | privation | putting away | quietus | ravagement | razing | rescission | ritual killing | ritual murder | robbery | ruin | ruination | ruining | ruinousness | sabotage | sacrifice | scathe | shooting | sickening | slaughter | slaying | smash | spoiling | spoliation | stoning | stripping | subdual | subduing | subjugation | taking away | taking of life | tearing down | termination | the worst | thrashing | total loss | toxin | trimming | trouncing | undoing | vanquishment | venom | vexation | Waterloo | weakening | whipping | wiping out | woe | wrecking | wrong See Also | annihilation | annihilation | conclusion | conclusion | decimation | demolishing | demolition | depredation | disaster | disintegration | ending | ending | eradication | extermination | finish | holocaust | hooliganism | kill | laying waste | leveling | liquidation | malicious mischief | obliteration | obliteration | rack | ravage | razing | razing | ruin | ruin | ruination | ruination | ruining | sabotage | self-destruction | spoliation | state | tearing down | termination | vandalism | wrack | wrecking | wrecking Destruction In Webster's Dictionary \De*struc"tion\, n. [L. destructio: cf. F.
destruction. See {Destroy}.]
1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to
naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying;
devastation.
The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of
the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. --Esth.
ix. 5.
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by
destruction dwell in doubtful joy. --Shak.
Destruction of venerable establishment. --Hallam.
2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain,
or devastated.
This town came to destruction. --Chaucer.
Thou castedst them down into destruction. --Ps.
lxxiii. 18.
2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a
destroyer.
The destruction that wasteth at noonday. --Ps. xci.
6.
Syn: Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation;
extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall;
extermination; havoc; ruin.
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