Synonyms for destruction
dɪˈstrʌk ʃən

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. destruction, devastation(noun)

   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, wipeout(noun)

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

   Synonyms:
   wipeout, end, demolition, death, devastation

3. end, destruction, death(noun)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.25 / 8 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. destruction(n.)

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

2. destruction(n.)

   Synonyms:
   desolation, devastation, ravage

3. destruction(n.)

   Synonyms:
   eradication, extirpation, extinction

4. destruction(n.)

   Synonyms:
   death, slaughter, murder, massacre

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. destruction(n)

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

   Antonyms:
   conservation preservation, perpetuation

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1. List of paraphrases:

   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. Marcela Pimentel Miranda:

   The policy of the Bolsonaro government is the policy of environmental destruction and deepening the climate crisis ... this is why we're on strike.

2. George Galloway:

   That's coming from the people who told you that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

3. Richard Adams:

   The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal but ideas are immortal.

4. Abdullah Faaruuq:

   ISIS was not created by Islamic teachings, it was created by the United States ’ encouragement into other people’s countries seeking weapons of mass destruction that don’t exist, and destroying their societies and leaving the bitter taste in young people’s mouths.

5. Meedya Raqqa:

   I lost a lot of friends in this war and I resist to avenge their death, no matter the destruction in Kobani, it can be built again -- the important thing is to destroy this strange enemy that entered our land.

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