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English noun: destruction | |||
| 1. | destruction (act) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | ||
| Synonyms | devastation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | annihilation, decimation, demolishing, demolition, disaster, extermination, holocaust, hooliganism, kill, laying waste, leveling, liquidation, malicious mischief, neutralisation, neutralization, obliteration, razing, ruin, ruination, ruining, sabotage, self-destruction, spoliation, tearing down, vandalism, wrecking | ||
| 2. | destruction (event) an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something | ||
| Synonyms | demolition, wipeout | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, finish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | annihilation, depredation, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, rack, ravage, razing, ruin, ruination, wrack, wrecking | ||
| 3. | destruction (state) a final state | ||
| Samples | He came to a bad end. The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end. | ||
| Synonyms | death, end | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state | ||
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