What are some alternative words for destruction?
Synonyms for destruction
dɪˈstrʌk ʃən
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term destruction.
Princeton's WordNet
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, demolitiondestruction, demolition, wipeout(noun)
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Synonyms:
wipeout, end, demolition, death, devastationend, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
destruction(n.)
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demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreckdestruction(n.)
Synonyms:
desolation, devastation, ravagedestruction(n.)
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eradication, extirpation, extinctiondestruction(n.)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
destruction(n)
Synonyms:
annihilation, demolition, eradication, ruin, perdition, havoc, vandalism, subversion, desolation, devastation, iconoclasmAntonyms:
conservation preservation, perpetuation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#126 | last | |
#317 | end | |
#735 | close | |
#967 | death | |
#972 | loss | |
#1346 | ground | |
#1888 | ending | |
#1896 | goal | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2009 | mass | |
#2154 | comprehensive | |
#2266 | damage | |
#2620 | injury | |
#3528 | terminal | |
#4037 | conclusion | |
#4038 | closing | |
#4134 | disaster | |
#5093 | hurt | |
#5264 | destruction | |
#5504 | disposal | |
#6159 | harm | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#6628 | dying | |
#6681 | destroyed | |
#9174 | remainder | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#14288 | demolition | |
#14357 | destroying | |
#15341 | disadvantage | |
#16947 | expiry | |
#19402 | havoc | |
#19580 | depletion | |
#20174 | demise | |
#24076 | devastation | |
#25404 | remnant | |
#26077 | sabotage | |
#30803 | detriment | |
#30957 | annihilation | |
#37264 | shredding | |
#39211 | desolation | |
#42514 | extermination | |
#50422 | wipeout | |
#80746 | obliteration | |
#92888 | decease | |
#104544 | ravaging | |
#145218 | destructions |
How to use destruction in a sentence?
The decline in employment in December was more a product of reduced hiring than a pick-up in layoffs, employers were hesitant about adding new workers. This trend is easier to reverse than the destruction of employer-employee relationships that happens when workers are laid off.
We see today that heritage and culture comes sometimes into the forefront of conflict, the deliberate destruction, what we are seeing today in Iraq and Syria, has reached unprecedented levels in contemporary history.
It looks like a war area, it's just destruction. There's debris all over the place.
It's as though there is a curse that has befallen this city and I expect only news that will shock us. If the city remains in their hands the city is doomed, it is now wanton destruction ... their acts of vengeance are no longer ideologically driven because they are now blowing up buildings with no religious meaning.
It is absolutely appalling that, while Israeli forces were inflicting massive death and destruction upon the people of Gaza, Hamas took the opportunity to ruthlessly settle scores, carrying out a series of unlawful killings and other grave abuses.
Translations for destruction
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- قضاء, تدميرArabic
- zničení, destrukceCzech
- ødelæggelseDanish
- Vernichtung, ZerstörungGerman
- καταστροφή, συντριβήGreek
- detruo, detruadoEsperanto
- destrucciónSpanish
- تخریبPersian
- tuhoaminen, tuhoFinnish
- destructionFrench
- loitiméireachtIrish
- milleadh, creachScottish Gaelic
- नाश, विनाशHindi
- megsemmisítésHungarian
- penghancuranIndonesian
- eyðileggingIcelandic
- distruzioneItalian
- הרסHebrew
- 破壊, 滅亡, 倒壊, 湮滅, 潰滅, 破棄Japanese
- 파괴, 멸망Korean
- وێرانی, ناهێشتنKurdish
- clādes, exitiumLatin
- whakangaromangaMāori
- vernietigingDutch
- ødeleggelseNorwegian
- niszczenie, zniszczeniePolish
- destruiçãoPortuguese
- distrugereRomanian
- уничтожение, разрушениеRussian
- uništenje, uništavanje, propast, sravnjenje sa zemljom, katastrofa, razrušenjeSerbo-Croatian
- ödeläggelse, förstörelseSwedish
- imhaTurkish
- руйнуванняUkrainian
- تباہیUrdu
- sự phá hủyVietnamese
- צעשטערונגYiddish
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