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Synonyms for destruction
dɪˈstrʌk ʃənde·struc·tion

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 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 Words3.0 / 3 votes

  1. destructionnoun

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

    Antonyms:
    conservation preservation, perpetuation

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How to use destruction in a sentence?

  1. Dimple Chaudhary:

    The water in Flint is still not safe to drink because city and state officials are violating the federal law that protects drinking water, we are asking a federal court to step in because the people of Flint simply can not rely on the same government agencies that oversaw the destruction of its infrastructure and contamination of its water to address this crisis.

  2. Elijah Cummings:

    When you see the destruction, you've also got to realize there's pain, there's pain behind a lot of this.

  3. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho:

    Forest destruction in the Cyclops mountains have increased for use as firewood and to turn the land into plantations, since 2018 we have warned the Jayapura government to be careful of flash flood risks because of this deforestation.

  4. David Keyes:

    Hamas is attempting to fool the world but it will not succeed, daily, Hamas leaders call for genocide of all Jews and the destruction of Israel.

  5. Abu Ahmad:

    We don't dare come out of our houses, there is death everywhere, the stench of death, of destruction. It's terrifying.


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