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destruction

  • /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/
  • [dɪsˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌkʃən] ~ [dɪsˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌkʃn̩]
  • [dɪsˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌkʃən] ~ [dɪsˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌkʃn̩]
  • /dəsˈtɹʌkʃən/
  • [dəsˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌkʃən] ~ [dəsˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌkʃn̩]
  • [dəsˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌkʃən] ~ [dəsˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌkʃn̩]

Rhymes with -ʌkʃən

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstrūctiō, dēstrūctiōnem.

noun destructions

  1. countable, uncountable The act of destroying. The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
  2. countable, uncountable The results of a destructive event. Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.
  3. collective, countable, uncountable A group of feral cats. A group of wild cats is called a destruction.

Similar: annihilation, demolition, destruction, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinguishment, extirpation, obliteration, razing, uprooting, wiping out · Opposite: construction, creation, building, making, production, rebuilding, recovery

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: devastation, death, demolition, end, destroyer, carnage, killing, obliteration, ravages, breakdown, havoc, kill, destroy, downfall, annihilation, wreck

noun

Similar: annihilation, demolition, destruction, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinguishment, extirpation, obliteration, razing, uprooting, wiping out · Opposite: construction, creation, building, making, production, rebuilding, recovery

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noun act of destroying

Españoldestrucción, escante, excidio
한국어파괴 pagoe, 멸망 myeolmang
日本語破壊 hakai, 破棄 haki, 湮滅 inmetsu
中文毀滅 /毁灭 huǐmiè, 破壞 /破坏 pòhuài
हिन्दीनाश nāś, विनाश vināś, ध्वंस dhvans, विध्वंस vidhvans
Kiswahiliuharibifu, maangamizi, ubomoaji
Portuguêsdestruição
Françaisdestruction
DeutschZerstörung, Vernichtung
Italianodistruzione
Ελληνικάκαταστροφή katastrofí, συντριβή syntriví, αφανισμός afanismós, χαλασμός chalasmós, κατεδάφιση katedáfisi, κατάλυση katálysi
Românădistrugere
Русскийразруше́ние razrušénije, уничтоже́ние uničtožénije
العربيةتَدْمِير tadmīr, هَدْم hadm, تَلَف talaf
עבריתהריסה harisá, הרס héres, הַשְׁמָדָה hashmadá, חֻרְבָּן khurbán

noun results of a destructive event

Españoldestrucción, escante
日本語潰滅 kaimetsu, 滅亡 metsubō, 倒壊 tōkai
中文毀滅 /毁灭 huǐmiè, 破壞 /破坏 pòhuài
हिन्दीविनाश vināś
Portuguêsdestruição
DeutschZerstörung
Italianodistruzione
Ελληνικάκαταστροφή katastrofí
Românădistrugere
Русскийразруше́ния razrušénija

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"destruction." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/destruction. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"destruction." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/destruction.

BibTeX
@misc{destruction_2026,
  title = {destruction},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/destruction},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}