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How to pronounce destruction in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms demolition, wipeout
Type of ending, finish, conclusion
Has types ruin, annihilation, ruination, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, ravage, razing, depredation, wrack, wrecking, rack
Derivation destroy
Type Words
Synonyms devastation
Type of ending, termination, conclusion
Has types ruining, sabotage, self-destruction, spoliation, tearing down, vandalism, annihilation, wrecking, decimation, demolishing, demolition, disaster, extermination, holocaust, hooliganism, kill, laying waste, leveling, liquidation, malicious mischief, neutralisation, neutralization, obliteration, razing, ruin, ruination
Derivation destroy
Type Words
Synonyms death, end
Type of state

Examples of destruction

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The zoo has money, but apparently not for the destruction of a baseball stadium.
From the omaha.com
This destruction caused one of the biggest British art rows of the 20th century.
From the bloomberg.com
Helicopters buzzed overhead, surveying the destruction that spanned the horizon.
From the courier-journal.com
Her self-destruction was too predictable to be tragic, and her career too short.
From the economist.com
Another act of foolery almost led to the destruction of Lucerne's Chapel Bridge.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
There are changes in genes involved in marking damaged proteins for destruction.
From the washingtonpost.com
I'm not sure people in this part of the world really appreciate the destruction.
From the telegraph.co.uk
About 70 per cent of its collections disappeared through looting or destruction.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The image shows extensive destruction to buildings, vehicles and infrastructure.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
  • An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
  • End: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
  • (destructive) causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"
  • Destruction is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.
  • The Elder Scrolls (abbreviated as TES) is a role-playing video game series developed by Bethesda Softworks.
  • Destruction is an EP by the German thrash metal group Destruction. It was the first album made by the band after Schmier left in 1991. The period without Schmier is often called "Neo-Destruction". This album is the first of the three "Neo-Destruction" albums.
  • Destruction is a 1915 silent drama film directed by Will S. Davis and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost.
  • The act of destroying; The results of a destructive event