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destruction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| 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 |
destruction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| 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 |
Examples of destruction
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The zoo has money, but apparently not for the destruction of a baseball stadium.
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This destruction caused one of the biggest British art rows of the 20th century.
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Helicopters buzzed overhead, surveying the destruction that spanned the horizon.
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Her self-destruction was too predictable to be tragic, and her career too short.
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Another act of foolery almost led to the destruction of Lucerne's Chapel Bridge.
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There are changes in genes involved in marking damaged proteins for destruction.
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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.
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- 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
