destruction
noun
[ dɪˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.
• "the destruction of the rainforest"
Similar:
demolition,
knocking down,
pulling down,
tearing down,
levelling,
razing (to the ground),
felling,
dismantling,
breaking up,
wrecking,
ruination,
smashing,
shattering,
blasting,
blowing up,
dynamiting,
bombing,
carpet bombing,
torpedoing,
spoliation,
devastation,
spoiling,
blighting,
marring,
disfigurement,
impairment,
defacing,
scarring,
injury,
harm,
laying waste,
desolation,
ravaging,
wasting,
• a group of wild cats.
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin destructio(n- ), from the verb destruere (see destroy).
