Definitions for: Destruction


[n] termination by an act of destruction
[n] an event or the result of an event that destroys something
[n] a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"



Webster (1913) Definition: De*struc"tion, n. [L. destructio: cf. F.
destruction. See Destroy.]
1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to
naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying;
devastation.

The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of
the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. --Esth.
ix. 5.

'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by
destruction dwell in doubtful joy. --Shak.

Destruction of venerable establishment. --Hallam.

2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain,
or devastated.

This town came to destruction. --Chaucer.

Thou castedst them down into destruction. --Ps.
lxxiii. 18.

2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a
destroyer.

The destruction that wasteth at noonday. --Ps. xci.
6.

Syn: Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation;
extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall;
extermination; havoc; ruin.

Synonyms: death, demolition, devastation, end

See Also: annihilation, annihilation, conclusion, conclusion, decimation, demolishing, demolition, depredation, disaster, disintegration, ending, ending, eradication, extermination, finish, holocaust, hooliganism, kill, laying waste, leveling, liquidation, malicious mischief, obliteration, obliteration, rack, ravage, razing, razing, ruin, ruin, ruination, ruination, ruining, sabotage, self-destruction, spoliation, state, tearing down, termination, vandalism, wrack, wrecking, wrecking

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