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Definition of Destruction
1. Noun. The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Termination
Specialized synonyms: Disaster, Kill, Laying Waste, Ruin, Ruination, Ruining, Wrecking, Demolishing, Leveling, Razing, Tearing Down, Annihilation, Obliteration, Decimation, Self-destruction, Neutralisation, Neutralization, Sabotage, Extermination, Liquidation, Holocaust, Demolition, Spoliation, Hooliganism, Malicious Mischief, Vandalism
Derivative terms: Destroy, Destroy, Devastate
2. Noun. An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Finish
Specialized synonyms: Annihilation, Disintegration, Eradication, Obliteration, Depredation, Ravage, Razing, Wrecking, Ruin, Ruination, Rack, Wrack
Derivative terms: Demolish, Destroy, Wipe Out, Wipe Out, Wipe Out, Wipe Out, Wipe Out
3. Noun. A final state. "The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
Definition of Destruction
1. n. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
Definition of Destruction
1. Noun. The act of destroying. ¹
2. Noun. The results of a destructive event. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Destruction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destruction
Literary usage of Destruction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On War by Carl von Clausewitz, James John Graham, Frederic Natusch Maude (1908)
"CHAPTER VI destruction OF THE ENEMY'S ARMIES THE destruction of the enemy's armed
forces is the means to the end.—What is meant by this—The price it costs— ..."
2. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"This decrease was gradual until complete destruction occurred. It has recently
been shown that the passage of a direct current through solutions of ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Final destruction of Paganism. — Introduction of the worship of Saints and Relics,
among the Christians. From the age of Numa, to the reign of Gratian, ..."
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