destruction
the act of destroying: wanton destruction of a town.
the condition of being destroyed; demolition; annihilation.
a cause or means of destroying.
Origin of destruction
1synonym study For destruction
Other words from destruction
- non·de·struc·tion, noun
- pre·de·struc·tion, noun
- sem·i·de·struc·tion, noun
Words Nearby destruction
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How to use destruction in a sentence
“The United States had gone to war declaring it must destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program,” the Times reported.
Political Memes That Absolutely Must Die in 2015 | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSome of the streets in this part of the town have seen large scale-destruction.
And the Gävle Goat, apparently a sensitive creature, took the destruction hard.
Gävle Goat must be dreading the imminent holiday and his fifty-fifty chance of destruction.
And suddenly you were in the throes of both creation and destruction.
The blind Samson of labor will seize upon the pillars of society and bring them down in a common destruction.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockAll things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIn the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousTo fix on any one stage in such an evolution, detach it, affirm it, is to wrest a true scripture to its destruction.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayIt also occurs in diseases with extensive and rapid destruction of red blood-corpuscles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for destruction
/ (dɪˈstrʌkʃən) /
the act of destroying or state of being destroyed; demolition
a cause of ruin or means of destroying
Origin of destruction
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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