Destruction
[dɪ'strʌkʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'strʌkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
(noun.) an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
Inputed by Gerard--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
(n.) The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.
(n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Typed by Harrison
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreck.[2]. Desolation, devastation, ravage.[3]. Eradication, extirpation, extinction.[4]. Death, slaughter, murder, massacre.
Checker: Marie
Definition
n. act of destroying: overthrow: physical or moral ruin: death: a destructive plague.—adj. Destruc′tible liable to be destroyed.—ns. Destructibil′ity Destruc′tibleness.—n. Destruc′tionist one engaged in destruction: one who believes in the final annihilation of the damned.—adj. Destruc′tive causing destruction: mischievous: ruinous: deadly.—adv. Destruc′tively.—ns. Destruc′tiveness; Destruc′tivist a representative of destructive principles as in Biblical criticism; Destruc′tor a destroyer: a furnace for burning up refuse.
Typist: Willard
Examples
- When the massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve deluged France with the blood of Protestants Catherine saw that Palissy was spared from the general destruction. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After the destruction of Palmyra, the desert Arabs began to be spoken of in the Roman and Persian records as Saracens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hundreds of cities and millions of dollars have been thus saved from destruction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How could it be expected to undertake it when the undertaking meant its own destruction? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The deepest revolt implied in the term syndicalism is against the impersonal, driven quality of modern industry--against the destruction of that pride which alone distinguishes work from slavery. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But I didn't quite follow your explanation of the destruction of the busts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gramme made his armature of iron rods to prevent its destruction by heat. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He dwells upon the pleasure of an open fire, and the destruction of this pleasure by the use of the closed stoves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Those who are timed for destruction must die now. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This renders them liable to destruction in times of drought. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- All she could tell me was, that her mother might be the ruin and destruction of Sir Percival if she chose. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And then a living mass of destruction sprang from the surrounding darkness full upon the creature that held me pinioned to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But a system of property always contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was afraid of the destruction of the bridge of boats. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tradition told them of many destructions of mankind and of the preservation of a remnant. Plato. The Republic.
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