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DESTRUCTION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DESTRUCTION?

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Destruction as a Noun
Definitions of "Destruction" as a noun
Synonyms of "Destruction" as a noun (43 Words)
Usage Examples of "Destruction" as a noun
Associations of "Destruction" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Destruction” are: demolition, wipeout, devastation, death, end, knocking down, pulling down, tearing down, levelling, razing, felling, dismantling, breaking up, wrecking, ruination, smashing, shattering, blasting, blowing up, bombing, carpet bombing, spoliation, spoiling, blighting, marring, disfigurement, impairment, scarring, injury, harm, laying waste, desolation, ravaging, annihilation, wiping out, obliteration, elimination, eradication, liquidation, extinction, finishing off, rooting out, extirpation

Destruction as a Noun

Definitions of "Destruction" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “destruction” as a noun can have the following definitions:

An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
The action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.
A group of wild cats.
The action or process of killing or being killed.
A final state.
A cause of someone's ruin.

Synonyms of "Destruction" as a noun (43 Words)

annihilation	Total destruction. The threat of global annihilation.
blasting	A very long fly ball.
blighting	Any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting.
blowing up	Processing that involves blowing a gas.
bombing	Strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion. A series of terrorist bombings.
breaking up	The act of breaking something.
carpet bombing	A natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet.
death	The personification of death. He had been depressed since the death* of his father.*
demolition	An overwhelming defeat. The demolition* of the huge tower was quite a spectacle.*
desolation	A state of complete emptiness or destruction. In choked desolation* she watched him leave.*
devastation	The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. The floods caused widespread devastation.
disfigurement	The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something. A severe facial disfigurement.
dismantling	The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery. Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling* of their nuclear weapons.*
elimination	The generation of a simple substance as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules. A condensation reaction can link together two monosaccharide sugars to form a disaccharide with the elimination* of water.*
end	The point in time at which something ends. The so called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end.
eradication	The complete destruction of every trace of something. The eradication* of poverty.*
extinction	The wiping out of a debt. They think a meteor cause the extinction* of the dinosaurs.*
extirpation	The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
felling	The act of felling something as a tree.
finishing off	The act of finishing.
harm	The act of damaging something or someone. It s unlikely to do much harm* to the engine.*
impairment	A symptom of reduced quality or strength. A degree of physical or mental impairment.
injury	Wrongdoing that violates another’s rights and is unjustly inflicted. All escaped without serious injury.
knocking down	The act of hitting vigorously.
laying waste	The production of eggs (especially in birds.
levelling	A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
liquidation	The murder of a competitor. The company went into liquidation.
marring	The month following February and preceding April.
obliteration	Destruction by annihilating something. Headlines about the obliteration* of the green belt.*
pulling down	A device used for pulling something.
ravaging	A destructive action.
razing	Complete destruction of a building.
rooting out	The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground.
ruination	An event that results in destruction. The headquarters fell into ruination.
scarring	An indication of damage.
shattering	The act of breaking something into small pieces.
smashing	The act of breaking something into small pieces.
spoiling	The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. Her spoiling* my dress was deliberate.*
spoliation	The action of ruining or destroying something. The spoliation* of the Church.*
tearing down	A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
wipeout	An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. A nuclear wipeout.
wiping out	A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball.
wrecking	The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled. His main business was wrecking* and removal.*

Usage Examples of "Destruction" as a noun

Gambling was his destruction.
The wanton destruction of human life.
The destruction of the rainforest.
The avalanche left a trail of destruction.

Associations of "Destruction" (30 Words)

abolish	Do away with. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia.
annihilate	Convert (a subatomic particle) into radiant energy. A fraction of the mass of atomic nuclei is annihilated.
annihilation	Complete destruction or obliteration. A show of independence is its only hope of avoiding annihilation* in next year s elections.*
blighted	Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity. A blighted* rose.*
breaker	A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone. Those steam engines were now gone to the breaker* s yard.*
carnage	The killing of a large number of people. The bombing was timed to cause as much carnage* as possible.*
conquest	The subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force. The conquest* of the Aztecs by the Spanish.*
decimate	Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies. Public transport has been decimated.
deconstruct	Analyse a text or linguistic or conceptual system by deconstruction. She likes to deconstruct* the texts to uncover what they are not saying.*
demolition	The action or process of demolishing or being demolished. Ireland s demolition* of England.*
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. The fire destroyed the house.
devastation	The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. Her departure left him in utter devastation.
disintegration	The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. The twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. A policy that would eliminate* inflation.*
endanger	Pose a threat to; present a danger to. The pollution is endangering the crops.
explosive	(of a vocal sound) produced with a sharp release of air. Explosive violence.
exterminate	Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. They use poison to exterminate* moles.*
extirpate	Eradicate or destroy completely. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
havoc	Violent and needless disturbance. If they weren t at school they d be wreaking havoc* in the streets.*
iconoclasm	The orientation of an iconoclast.
iconoclast	A destroyer of images used in religious worship.
jeopardize	Put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure. A devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize* New York s position as a financial centre.*
massacre	An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people. The 25 000 ecstatic fans that packed into Coruna s shabby Riazor Stadium witnessed a massacre.
molecule	(physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound.
raze	Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. Villages were razed to the ground.
scourge	Punish severely; excoriate. Political methods used to scourge* and oppress workers.*
subversion	Destroying someone’s (or some group’s) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity. The big city s subversion* of rural innocence.*
threaten	To be a menacing indication of something. The trade unions threatened a general strike.
wreck	Involve someone in a shipwreck. Police began handing out warnings to people wrecking cars without a license.
wrought	(of metals) beaten out or shaped by hammering. Well wrought* pop music.*