Synonyms for destruction
dɪˈstrʌk ʃənde·struc·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.4 / 11 votes

1. destruction

   Synonyms:
   damage, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Antonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. destruction, devastationnoun

   the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

   Synonyms:
   end, death, desolation, wipeout, devastation, ravaging, demolition

2. destruction, demolition, wipeoutnoun

   an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

   Synonyms:
   wipeout, end, demolition, death, devastation

3. end, destruction, deathnoun

   a final state

   "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

   Synonyms:
   goal, remainder, devastation, terminal, last, expiry, conclusion, end, ending, death, demolition, demise, wipeout, dying, remnant, closing, close, final stage, oddment, decease

Matched Categories

1. • Ending
   • State
   • Termination

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreck

2. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   desolation, devastation, ravage

3. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   eradication, extirpation, extinction

4. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   death, slaughter, murder, massacre

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   annihilation, demolition, eradication, ruin, perdition, havoc, vandalism, subversion, desolation, devastation, iconoclasm

   Antonyms:
   conservation preservation, perpetuation

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1. List of paraphrases for "destruction":

   destroying, destroy, devastation, destroyed, disposal, demolition, shredding, mass, annihilation, damage, ground, destruction-related, extermination, depletion, destructions, destructive, disaster, sabotage, havoc, obliteration, desolation, comprehensive

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How to use destruction in a sentence?

1. Ashan Benedict:

   They may start out using that gun and practice destruction of property, stop sign shootings, vehicle shootings. They may graduate to an armed carjacking or an armed robbery. And then all of a sudden that gun is being discharged and lives are being lost.

2. The Hill reported.Jon Voight:

   This job is not easy, for he's battling the left and their absurd words of destruction, our nation has been built on the solid ground from our forefathers, and there is a moral code of duty that has been passed on from President Lincoln.

3. Prince Saud:

   If change of regime comes with the destruction of Iraq, then you are solving one problem and creating five more problems.

4. Angus King:

   It's an important hearing, my principal concern is about the tapes' destruction and what she was thinking, what her role was. That's the essence of it.

5. Mandela Barnes:

   Ron Johnson allow for peaceful protesters, but Ron Johnson don't allow -- Ron Johnson don't allow peaceful protests to turn siege into siege. Listen, I don't want to see anybody lose their life, i don't want to see the violence continue. I don't want to see businesses burn down. I don't want to see economic destruction. I condemn it all.