Destruction

/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/

Synonyms for "destruction" (276 found)

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Noun(8 words)

demolition devastation annihilation armageddon breakages cannoning damage damages

abolition abomination abscission affliction amputation annihilation assassination atrocity attack bad bane bankruptcy beating befoulment bereavementbete noireblight blood bloodbath bloodletting

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bloodshed braining breakage breakdownbreaking downbreaking upbreakup bugbear burden calamity carnage collapse collision confusion conquering conquest consumption corruption costcrack upcrack-up crash cripplingcrying evilcurse damage damnationdead loss

Strong matches (82)

dealing deathdeathblow debacle debit defeat defilement demolition denial denudation depredation deprivation desolation despoilment despoliation destroyerdestruction of lifedetriment devastation dilapidation disablement

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Noun(20 words)

death decimating demolishing desolation destroyingdestructive actdestructiveness disposals dooms elimination end eradicationevidence destructionexterminating extermination exterminations extinguishment extirpationflood damageharm

Verb(1 words)

destructing

Related words (138)

holocaust hurt hurting ill immolation impairment incapacitation infection infliction infringement injury inroad kill killing lambasting lapidation latheringlaying wastelicking liquidation

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loser losinglosing streakloss maiming martyrdom martyrization massacre mastery mayhemmercy killingmischief murder mutilation naught nemesis outrage overcoming overthrow overturn perdition pest pestilence pillage plague poison poisoning pollution privationputting awayquietus ravage ravagement razing rescissionritual killingritual murderrobbery ruin ruination ruining ruinousness sabotage sacrifice scathe scourge shambles shooting sickening slaughter slaying smashsnake in the grassspoiling spoliation stoning stripping subdual subduing subjugation subversiontaking awaytaking of lifetearing downterminationthe worstthorn thrashing tormenttotal losstoxin trimming trouncing undoing vandalism vanquishment venom vexation visitation waste waterloo weakening whippingwiping outwoe wrackwrack and ruinwreck wrecking wrong

Noun(27 words)

holocausts implosion mangling murdering obliterating obliteration ravage ravages ravaging razing ruin scuttling shipwrecking smashing smithereenstear aparttearing upunmaking uprooting vandalism

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wipeoutwiping outwrack wreaking wreck wreckage wrecking

Verb(1 words)

undo

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More general

10 entries

act conclusion condition effect ending finish outcome process state termination

More specific

9 entries

biodiversity lossdamage demolitionhabitat lossruin ruinationsoil erosionwreckage wrecking

Collocations

6 entries

destruction of evidencedestruction of habitatdestruction of propertyenvironmental destructionmass destructionutter destruction

Inflections

1 entries

destructions

Derivations

3 entries

destructive destructively destructiveness

Sample sentences

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The destruction of the environment is appalling.

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A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.

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Industrialization of the region must be carried out very carefully to avoid environmental destruction.

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Zen's latest mission is to save the Earth from ecological destruction at the hands of a plant-destroying madman.

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