'Destruction' definitions:
Definition of 'destruction'
(from WordNet)
noun
The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [syn: destruction, devastation]
noun
An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something [syn: destruction, demolition, wipeout]
noun
Definition of 'Destruction'
From: GCIDE
- Destruction \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. [1913 Webster]
- The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. --Esth. ix. 5. [1913 Webster]
- 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Destruction of venerable establishment. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated. [1913 Webster]
- This town came to destruction. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Thou castedst them down into destruction. --Ps. lxxiii. 18. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer. [1913 Webster]
- The destruction that wasteth at noonday. --Ps. xci. 6.
- Syn: Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation; extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall; extermination; havoc; ruin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'destruction'
From: Easton
- Destruction in Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.
Synonyms of 'destruction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Destruction'
- Destruct,
- Destructibility,
- Destructible,
- Destructibleness,
- Destructive,
- Destructively,
- Destructiveness,
- Destructive distillation,
- Destructive sorities,
- Destructive sorties,
- destruction city of,
- destruction fire,
- destructive metabolism,
- Self-destruction,
- Self-destructive,
- destructive-metabolic,
- self-destruct,
- weapon of mass destruction