Destruction

//dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən//

Synonyms for "destruction" (236 found)

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distinct from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

181 translations across 63 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • shkatërrim noun (act of destroying)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • λοιγός noun (act of destroying)
  • ἀπώλεια noun (act of destroying)
  • ὄλεθρος noun (act of destroying)

Arabic

3 entries
  • تَدْمِير noun (act of destroying)
  • تَلَف noun (act of destroying)
  • هَدْم noun (act of destroying)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • знішчэ́нне noun (act of destroying)
  • разбурэ́нне noun (act of destroying)
  • руйнава́нне noun (act of destroying)
  • руйнава́нне noun (results of a destructive event)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • разруше́ние noun (act of destroying)
  • разрушение noun (results of a destructive event)
  • унищоже́ние noun (act of destroying)

Catalan

2 entries
  • destrucció noun (act of destroying)
  • destrucció noun (results of a destructive event)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ناھێشتن noun (act of destroying)
  • وێرانی noun (act of destroying)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 毀滅 /毁灭 noun (act of destroying)
  • 毀滅 /毁灭 noun (results of a destructive event)
  • 破壞 /破坏 noun (act of destroying)
  • 破壞 /破坏 noun (results of a destructive event)

Czech

4 entries
  • destrukce noun (act of destroying)
  • zkáza noun (results of a destructive event)
  • zmar noun (act of destroying)
  • zničení noun (act of destroying)

Danish

1 entries
  • ødelæggelse noun (act of destroying)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vernietiging noun (act of destroying)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • detruado noun (results of a destructive event)
  • detruo noun (act of destroying)
  • detruo noun (results of a destructive event)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hävittäminen noun (act of destroying)
  • hävitys noun (act of destroying)
  • hävitys noun (results of a destructive event)
  • tuho noun (results of a destructive event)

French

1 entries
  • destruction noun (act of destroying)

Galician

2 entries
  • destrución noun (act of destroying)
  • destrución noun (results of a destructive event)

Georgian

2 entries
  • განადგურება noun (act of destroying)
  • დანგრევა noun (act of destroying)

German

3 entries
  • Vernichtung noun (act of destroying)
  • Zerstörung noun (act of destroying)
  • Zerstörung noun (results of a destructive event)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (act of destroying)
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (act of destroying)

Greek

4 entries
  • αφανισμός noun (act of destroying)
  • κατάλυση noun (act of destroying)
  • καταστροφή noun (act of destroying)
  • καταστροφή noun (results of a destructive event)

Hausa

1 entries
  • ɓarna noun (act of destroying)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • הַשְׁמָדָה noun (act of destroying)
  • הריסה noun (act of destroying)
  • הרס noun (act of destroying)
  • חֻרְבָּן noun (act of destroying)

Hindi

4 entries
  • ध्वंस noun (act of destroying)
  • नष्ट noun (act of destroying)
  • नाश noun (act of destroying)
  • विध्वंस noun (act of destroying)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • eyðilegging noun (act of destroying)
  • eyðilegging noun (results of a destructive event)

Irish

4 entries
  • argain noun (act of destroying)
  • eirleach noun (act of destroying)
  • loitiméireacht noun (act of destroying)
  • líomhadh noun (act of destroying)

Italian

2 entries
  • distruzione noun (act of destroying)
  • distruzione noun (results of a destructive event)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 倒壊 noun (results of a destructive event)
  • 湮滅 noun (act of destroying)
  • 滅亡 noun (results of a destructive event)
  • 潰滅 noun (results of a destructive event)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • жойылу noun (results of a destructive event)
  • жою noun (act of destroying)
  • ойран noun (act of destroying)
  • талқандалу noun (results of a destructive event)

Korean

2 entries
  • 멸망 noun (act of destroying)
  • 파괴 noun (act of destroying)

Lao

1 entries
  • ການທຳລາຍ noun (act of destroying)

Latin

3 entries
  • clādes noun (act of destroying)
  • destructio noun (act of destroying)
  • exitium noun (act of destroying)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • pótopjenje noun (act of destroying)
  • wopusćenje noun (act of destroying)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • уништување noun (act of destroying)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • നശിപ്പിക്കൽ noun (act of destroying)
  • നാശം noun (results of a destructive event)
  • സംഹാരം noun (act of destroying)

Marathi

4 entries
  • नाश noun (act of destroying)
  • नाश noun (results of a destructive event)
  • विनाश noun (act of destroying)
  • विनाश noun (results of a destructive event)

Middle English

2 entries
  • destruccioun noun (act of destroying)
  • destruccioun noun (results of a destructive event)

Māori

4 entries
  • anea noun (act of destroying)
  • aneatanga noun (act of destroying)
  • kore noun (act of destroying)
  • ngaromanga noun (act of destroying)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ødeleggelse noun (act of destroying)

Occitan

1 entries
  • destruccion noun (act of destroying)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • пагоуба noun (act of destroying)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • افنا noun (act of destroying)

Pali

1 entries
  • atipāta noun (act of destroying)

Persian

1 entries
  • تخریب noun (act of destroying)

Polish

4 entries
  • destrukcja noun (act of destroying)
  • destrukcja noun (results of a destructive event)
  • niszczenie noun (act of destroying)
  • niszczenie noun (results of a destructive event)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • destruição noun (act of destroying)
  • destruição noun (results of a destructive event)

Romanian

2 entries
  • distrugere noun (act of destroying)
  • distrugere noun (results of a destructive event)

Russian

3 entries
  • разруше́ние noun (act of destroying)
  • разруше́ния noun (results of a destructive event)
  • уничтоже́ние noun (act of destroying)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • ध्वंस noun (act of destroying)
  • नाश noun (act of destroying)
  • नाश noun (results of a destructive event)
  • निधन noun (act of destroying)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • creach noun (results of a destructive event)
  • milleadh noun (act of destroying)
  • milleadh noun (results of a destructive event)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • uništénje noun (act of destroying)
  • униште́ње noun (act of destroying)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • distruzziuni noun (act of destroying)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zničenie noun (act of destroying)

Slovene

1 entries
  • uničenje noun (act of destroying)

Spanish

4 entries
  • destrucción noun (act of destroying)
  • destrucción noun (results of a destructive event)
  • escante noun (act of destroying)
  • escante noun (results of a destructive event)

Swahili

3 entries
  • maangamizi noun (act of destroying)
  • ubomoaji noun (act of destroying)
  • uharibifu noun (act of destroying)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förstörelse noun (act of destroying)
  • förstörelse noun (results of a destructive event)
  • ödeläggelse noun (act of destroying)
  • ödeläggelse noun (results of a destructive event)

Tajik

1 entries
  • тахриб noun (act of destroying)

Thai

1 entries
  • การทำลาย noun (act of destroying)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • nautalñe noun (results of a destructive event)
  • nkelñe noun (act of destroying)

Turkish

4 entries
  • harabiyet noun (results of a destructive event)
  • harap etme noun (act of destroying)
  • izmihlal noun (act of destroying)
  • tahribat noun (act of destroying)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎕𐎎𐎚 noun (act of destroying)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • зни́щення noun (act of destroying)
  • руйнува́ння noun (act of destroying)
  • руйнува́ння noun (results of a destructive event)

Welsh

1 entries
  • aball noun (act of destroying)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אומקום noun (act of destroying)

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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