Synonyms for destruction
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-struhk-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrʌk ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for destruction Other synonyms for the word destruction
- abolishing
- abolition
- assassinating
- bane
- crashing
- crushing
- disintegrating
- disrupting
- dissolving
- downfall
- end
- extinguishing
- extirpation
- havoc
- invalidating
- invalidation
- liquidation
- overthrow
- ravaging
- ruination
- sacking
- shattering
- slaughter
- slaying
- subjugation
- subversion
- subverting
- undoing
- wreckage
- wrecking
Définition of destruction
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French destruction (12c.) and directly from Latin destructionem (nominative destructio) "a pulling down, destruction," from past participle stem of destruere "tear down" (see destroy).
- noun demolition, devastation
- This time the Romans decided to be thorough in their work of destruction.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The unfit brought in for strength are weakness and destruction.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- When the fire was vanquished, it had practically completed its work of destruction.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- All that fiendish cruelty and the demon of destruction could do was done.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Amid the din and dust little but destruction can be discerned.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- He urged them to rise and join in the destruction of the white invaders.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- We know right from wrong because the destruction is plain in human experience.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- Dumb with fright, the boys stood and looked at the destruction.
- Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
- Let us realize with holy satisfaction the destruction of Satanic power.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
Antonyms for destruction
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