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Synonyms for destruction
dɪˈstrʌk ʃənde·struc·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, demolitiondestruction, demolition, wipeoutnoun
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
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wipeout, end, demolition, death, devastationend, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
destructionnoun
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demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreckdestructionnoun
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desolation, devastation, ravagedestructionnoun
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eradication, extirpation, extinctiondestructionnoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
destructionnoun
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
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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?
We cannot evaluate the destruction to the ruins from the criminal secret excavations ... It will take weeks to assess, we have been into the museum and to the Temple of Bel, the amphitheatre, and the colonnaded street.
I am firmly against the destruction or censoring of art in any form, but it would be disingenuous for anyone to say that these pieces, especially in a library whose central mission is to welcome and support the entire campus, are' just art,' they represent much more and it is incumbent upon us to address that fact.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon:
The threat has been changed dramatically from conventional type warfare to what might be called super-conventional...weapons of mass destruction, or sub-conventional like terror, rockets, and missiles.
You just have to cross 95 % of the world and it would force the destruction or renovation of virtually every existing structure in the United States, new York City would have to rip down buildings and rebuild them again, I don't think so. This is the craziest plan.
If we are able to fix everything on our own, then we won't need any help. If there is need for technical or logistics help to repair the destruction, then we might ask help from Qatar or Turkey.
Translations for destruction
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- تدمير, قضاءArabic
- zničení, destrukceCzech
- ødelæggelseDanish
- Zerstörung, VernichtungGerman
- καταστροφή, συντριβήGreek
- detruo, detruadoEsperanto
- destrucciónSpanish
- تخریبPersian
- tuho, tuhoaminenFinnish
- destructionFrench
- loitiméireachtIrish
- creach, milleadhScottish Gaelic
- विनाश, नाशHindi
- megsemmisítésHungarian
- penghancuranIndonesian
- eyðileggingIcelandic
- distruzioneItalian
- הרסHebrew
- 破棄, 破壊, 潰滅, 湮滅, 滅亡, 倒壊Japanese
- 파괴, 멸망Korean
- ناهێشتن, وێرانیKurdish
- exitium, clādesLatin
- whakangaromangaMāori
- vernietigingDutch
- ødeleggelseNorwegian
- niszczenie, zniszczeniePolish
- destruiçãoPortuguese
- distrugereRomanian
- разрушение, уничтожениеRussian
- katastrofa, razrušenje, uništenje, sravnjenje sa zemljom, propast, uništavanjeSerbo-Croatian
- förstörelse, ödeläggelseSwedish
- அழிவுTamil
- imhaTurkish
- руйнуванняUkrainian
- تباہیUrdu
- sự phá hủyVietnamese
- צעשטערונגYiddish
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