Definition for Destruction:

• Act of destroying: overthrow: ruin: death.

Synonyms for Destruction:

• n.

  •
  • crashing,
  • slaughter,
  • sack,
  • burning,
  • butchery,
  • depredation,
  • wrecking,
  • falling,
  • disruption,
  • production,
  • subversion,
  • harm,
  • vandalism,
  • sabotage,
  • carnage,
  • bombardment.
  •
  • help,
  • leftover.
  •act (noun)
  • devastation.
  •annulment (noun)
  • disavowal,
  • deletion,
  • cancellation,
  • abolishment,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • dissolution,
  • rejection,
  • repudiation,
  • neutralization,
  • annulment,
  • refutation,
  • divorce,
  • withdrawal,
  • dismissal,
  • retraction,
  • denial,
  • negation,
  • undoing,
  • revocation,
  • abnegation,
  • Disclamation,
  • invalidation.
  •condemnation (noun)
  • perdition.
  •damage (noun)
  • mutilation,
  • pollution.
  •death (noun)
  • mortality.
  •defeat (noun)
  • subjugation,
  • killing,
  • massacre,
  • nonsuccess,
  • thrashing,
  • Vanquishment.
  •demolition, devastation (noun)
  • havoc,
  • wreckage,
  • Disintegrating,
  • Subverting,
  • annihilation,
  • Disrupting,
  • extinguishing,
  • shattering,
  • crushing,
  • invalidating,
  • dissolving,
  • sacking,
  • murder,
  • ravaging,
  • end,
  • Assassinating,
  • slaying,
  • Abolishing.
  •despoliation (noun)
  • piracy.
  •destruction (noun)
  • disintegration,
  • desolation,
  • holocaust,
  • vaporization.
  •deterioration (noun)
  • entropy.
  •havoc (noun)
  • shambles.
  •licking (noun)
  • licking.
  •loss (noun)
  • losing.
  •revolution (noun)
  • radical change.
  •ruin (noun)
  • dilapidation.
  •ruination (noun)
  • lay waste.
  •ruins (noun)
  • Ashes.
  •sabotage (noun)
  • undermining.
  •victory (noun)
  • clean sweep.
  •waste (noun)
  • wastage,
  • waste.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • formation,
  • violence,
  • suppression,
  • dereliction,
  • detriment,
  • impairment,
  • wrecker,
  • pillage,
  • implosion,
  • ruination,
  • wear and tear,
  • putrefaction,
  • wrack,
  • spoilage,
  • disrepair,
  • corrosion.
  •
  • breakage,
  • rupture.
  •
  • corruption,
  • destroyer.
  •
  • decay,
  • toll,
  • cost.
  •
  • trail.
  •
  • burst.
  •demolition
  • demolition.
  •elimination
  • purge.
  •rioting
  • Trashing.
  •submission
  • prostration.

Paraphrases for Destruction:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Destroying, destroy.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Destroying, depletion, destroy, Shredding.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    devastation, Destroying, depletion, destroy, Shredding.
  • Verb, past tense
    destroyed.
  • Verb, past participle
    destroyed.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    destruction-related.
  • Noun, plural
    demolitions, ruins, disasters, ravages.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    annihilation, extermination, desolation, obliteration, disintegration, ruination, extinction, vandalism.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    sabotages.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    disposal.
  • Proper noun, singular
    breaches, uses, destroyed, disposal, demolished.
  • Noun, plural
    purposes, documents, Records, courts, Measures, benefits, Standards, individuals, Activities, members, Agencies, Ones, Plants, files, awards, destroyed, losses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    disaster, degradation, catastrophe, havoc, deterioration, desecration, dismantling, disappearance, deletion, dismantlement, erosion, loss, demise, decommissioning, suppression, disposal, anti-personnel, depopulation, destabilization, destroyer, mayhem, dislocation, holocaust, decay, Bulldozing, erasure, deconstruction, liquidation, dissolution, scrapping, abolition, break-up, harm, breach, Culling, sinking, undoing, defeat.
  • Verb, past tense
    devastated, shattered, wrecked, demolished.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    undermines, destabilizes, disrupts, harms, erodes, jeopardizes, Violates, attacks, impairs, obstructs, compromises, breaches.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    damage.

Antonyms for Destruction:

• n.

  • demolition, devastation
    construction, restoration, building, reparation, creation, improvement.
  • Other antonyms:
    rescue, renovation, re-creation, protection, salvage, salvation, reclamation, Regeneracy, saving, refurbishment, raising, remodeling, reconstruction.

Homophones for Destruction:

• distraction.

Hypernym for Destruction:

• n.

  • act
    hooliganism, kill, holocaust, obliteration, demolishing, extermination, liquidation, disaster, vandalism, decimation, ruin, neutralisation, ruination, malicious mischief, spoliation, annihilation, leveling, neutralization, tearing down, wrecking, self-destruction, laying waste, ruining, sabotage, demolition, razing.

Hyponym for Destruction:

• n.

  • act
    ending, termination, conclusion.
  • state
    state.