English Explanatory Dictionary

destruction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of destroying.
  2. The results of a destructive event.
  3. A group of feral cats.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/ en-us-destruction.ogg

Word forms

destruction destructions

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem.

Synonyms

annihilation demolition destruction elimination eradication extermination extinguishment extirpation obliteration razing uprooting wiping out

Antonyms

construction creation building making production rebuilding recovery

Related words

devastation destroy disaster killing

Derived words

angiodestruction autodestruction creative destruction cyclodestruction cytodestruction demand destruction destructional destructionism destructionist destruction permit macrodestruction mass destruction megadestruction mutual assured destruction mutually assured destruction neurodestruction nondestruction phosphodestruction photodestruction thermodestruction weapon of mass destruction
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