destruction | | |
n. (act) | 1. destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ disaster | an act that has disastrous consequences. |
| ~ kill | the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile.; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" |
| ~ laying waste, ruining, wrecking, ruination, ruin | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. |
| ~ demolishing, tearing down, leveling, razing | complete destruction of a building. |
| ~ annihilation, obliteration | destruction by annihilating something. |
| ~ decimation | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot). |
| ~ self-destruction | the act of destroying yourself.; "his insistence was pure self-destruction" |
| ~ neutralisation, neutralization | (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation). |
| ~ sabotage | a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged. |
| ~ extermination, liquidation | the act of exterminating. |
| ~ holocaust | an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire).; "a nuclear holocaust" |
| ~ demolition | the act of demolishing. |
| ~ spoliation | (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence. |
| ~ hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism | willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others. |
n. (event) | 2. demolition, destruction, wipeout | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| ~ conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something.; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| ~ annihilation, disintegration | total destruction.; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" |
| ~ eradication, obliteration | the complete destruction of every trace of something. |
| ~ ravage, depredation | (usually plural) a destructive action.; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease" |
| ~ razing, wrecking | the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled. |
| ~ ruination, ruin | an event that results in destruction. |
| ~ wrack, rack | the destruction or collapse of something.; "wrack and ruin" |
n. (state) | 3. death, destruction, end | a final state.; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
Recent comments
2 days 23 hours ago
3 weeks 2 days ago
5 weeks 1 day ago
12 weeks 4 days ago
15 weeks 1 day ago
16 weeks 4 days ago
16 weeks 4 days ago
16 weeks 6 days ago
22 weeks 1 day ago
22 weeks 1 day ago