destruction
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- noun
- /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/
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destrucción
- The heavy storm left a path of destruction through the neighborhood, damaging homes and uprooting trees.
- weapons of mass destruction
- mass destruction
- habitat destruction
He actually tries to engineer the destruction of the friendlies.
- He actually tries to engineer the destruction of the friendlies.
- If not, the rope of destruction will be coiled around you.
- And so avoiding planetary scale destruction is really important for us.
- They just go through life creating destruction, chaos, destroying more people.
- I mean, the the destruction that was I was Lord.
- Well, towards its own destruction or damage?
- And then you know, plus it bothers me to watch destruction on TATV.
- And with that has come great deforestation, destruction, loss of biodiversity.
- The Sound bite, Master of destruction and despair.
- For some reason, murder and destruction gets people attention more.
Examples
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The complete transformation and destruction of western society.
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The mission of the air strike will be the destruction of all oil equipment, drilling rigs, pipelines, etc.
Fiction book (1990) -
His army has been saved from destruction by the skin of its teeth.
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I'll give you the greatest story of destruction the world has ever known.
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If we do not act quickly, the destruction of your village... is all but assured.
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It's not destruction we seek, but transformation.
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This is the complete destruction of a diesel generator.
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I promise the destruction of the slave army and the restoration of order throughout all our territories.
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Unfortunately, the ongoing destruction of peat swamp forests means that such research will soon be impossible.
Academic text (2011) -
Karen falls to her knees on the pavement, not looking back at the destruction one block away.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
90
4.8
Great destruction that leaves places badly damaged, for example after a war or storm
72
4.2
The act of destroying a building or other structure on purpose
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8.1
Complete destruction so nothing is left
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6.8
Complete removal of something unwanted
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7.9
Complete destruction that leaves nothing behind
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6.2
Something breaks into smaller pieces and falls apart
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6.3
Complete destruction that leaves nothing left
A state of complete destruction that leaves a place ruined
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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4.8
A thing that can kill or injure many people, like nuclear, chemical and biological devices
- Formal
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4.9
A computer attack that can damage systems and harm many people
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Destruction comes from Latin parts de- meaning 'down' or 'away' and struere meaning 'to build'. So, destruction is like 'un-building' or pulling something down, which is why it means damaging something so much that it cannot be fixed.