[
UK
/dɪstɹˈʌkʃən/
]
[ US /dɪˈstɹəkʃən/ ]
[ US /dɪˈstɹəkʃən/ ]
Synonyms
Act of destroying.
murder
falling
consumption
killing
burning
abolition
sack
disruption
collision
demolition
crashing
assassination
extinction
elimination
slaughter
smashing
liquidation
crushing
wreckage
vandalism
dismantling
bombardment
sacking
shattering
sabotage
eradication
subversion
holocaust
carnage
dissolving
felling
ruining
wrecking
demolishing
trampling
plundering
extermination
subjugation
slaying
overthrowing
extinguishing
obliteration
butchery
subverting
ravaging
pillaging
gutting
invalidating
defacing
despoliation
extirpation
razing
leveling
depredation
laying waste
tearing down
dynamiting
tearing apart
ravagement
despoiling
knocking down
stamping out
wiping out
rack and ruin
also carnage
Status after destruction
end
loss
remains
waste
injury
removal
sacrifice
decay
bankruptcy
ruin
dissolution
ruins
plague
wreck
ashes
overthrow
starvation
impairment
remnants
downfall
havoc
disintegration
devastation
desolation
blight
vestiges
annihilation
shipwreck
bane
prostration
dilapidation
ravage
disorganization
immolation
also damage
Quiz
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