DESTRUCTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • termination by an act of destruction
   Synonym(s)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) destruction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • termination (what does termination mean?)
   • ending (what does ending mean?)
   • conclusion (what does conclusion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • disaster (what does disaster mean?)
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   • laying waste (what does laying waste mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
   • ruining (what does ruining mean?)
   • ruination (what does ruination mean?)
   • wrecking (what does wrecking mean?)
   • razing (what does razing mean?)
   • leveling (what does leveling mean?)
   • tearing down (what does tearing down mean?)
   • demolishing (what does demolishing mean?)
   • annihilation (what does annihilation mean?)
   • obliteration (what does obliteration mean?)
   • decimation (what does decimation mean?)
   • self-destruction (what does self-destruction mean?)
   • neutralization (what does neutralization mean?)
   • neutralisation (what does neutralisation mean?)
   • sabotage (what does sabotage mean?)
   • extermination (what does extermination mean?)
   • liquidation (what does liquidation mean?)
   • holocaust (what does holocaust mean?)
   • demolition (what does demolition mean?)
   • spoliation (what does spoliation mean?)
   • vandalism (what does vandalism mean?)
   • hooliganism (what does hooliganism mean?)
   • malicious mischief (what does malicious mischief mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • lay waste to (what does lay waste to mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • devastate (what does devastate mean?)
   • desolate (what does desolate mean?)
   • ravage (what does ravage mean?)
   • scourge (what does scourge mean?)
   • destroy (what does destroy mean?)
   • destruct (what does destruct mean?)
   • destroy (what does destroy mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
   Synonym(s)
   • demolition (what does demolition mean?)
   • wipeout (what does wipeout mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) destruction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ending (what does ending mean?)
   • conclusion (what does conclusion mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • annihilation (what does annihilation mean?)
   • disintegration (what does disintegration mean?)
   • eradication (what does eradication mean?)
   • obliteration (what does obliteration mean?)
   • ravage (what does ravage mean?)
   • depredation (what does depredation mean?)
   • razing (what does razing mean?)
   • wrecking (what does wrecking mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
   • ruination (what does ruination mean?)
   • wrack (what does wrack mean?)
   • rack (what does rack mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • eliminate (what does eliminate mean?)
   • annihilate (what does annihilate mean?)
   • extinguish (what does extinguish mean?)
   • eradicate (what does eradicate mean?)
   • wipe out (what does wipe out mean?)
   • decimate (what does decimate mean?)
   • carry off (what does carry off mean?)
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   • obliterate (what does obliterate mean?)
   • wipe out (what does wipe out mean?)
   • erase (what does erase mean?)
   • wipe out (what does wipe out mean?)
   • cancel out (what does cancel out mean?)
   • wipe out (what does wipe out mean?)
   • wipe out (what does wipe out mean?)
   • sweep away (what does sweep away mean?)
   • demolish (what does demolish mean?)
   • pulverize (what does pulverize mean?)
   • pulverise (what does pulverise mean?)
   • destroy (what does destroy mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a final state
   Synonym(s)
   • death (what does death mean?)
   • end (what does end mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he came to a bad end
   • the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
   Hypernyms(s) destruction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • state (what does state mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • end (what does end mean?)
   • end (what does end mean?)
   • terminate (what does terminate mean?)
   • end (what does end mean?)
   • terminate (what does terminate mean?)
   • end (what does end mean?)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
   • terminate (what does terminate mean?)
   • cease (what does cease mean?)