What is another word for destruction?
440 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪstɹˈʌkʃən], [ dɪstɹˈʌkʃən], [ d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for destruction:- act (noun)
- annihilation (noun)
- annulment (noun)
- bane (noun)
- collapse (noun)
- collision (noun)
- condemnation (noun)
- consumption (noun)
- damage (noun)
- death (noun)
- defeat (noun)
- demolition, devastation (noun)
- despoliation (noun)
- destruction (noun)
- deterioration (noun)
- disposal (noun)
- doom (noun)
- downfall (noun)
- elimination (noun)
- entropy (noun)
- erosion (noun)
- extermination (noun)
- extinction (noun)
- fall (noun)
- havoc (noun)
- ill (noun)
- impairment (noun)
- injury, loss (noun)
- leak (noun)
- licking (noun)
- loss (noun)
- mortality (noun)
- murder (noun)
- rack and ruin (noun)
- rampage (noun)
- revolution (noun)
- ruin (noun)
- ruination (noun)
- ruins (noun)
- sabotage (noun)
- smash (noun)
- subversion (noun)
- undermining (noun)
- upset (noun)
- victory (noun)
- violation (noun)
- waste (noun)
- wreck (noun)
- other synonyms
- demolition
- elimination
- rioting
- submission
Synonyms for Destruction:
n.
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- crashing,
- falling,
- sack,
- butchery,
- vandalism,
- wrecking,
- burning,
- the ravages of something,
- subversion,
- slaughter,
- carnage,
- harm,
- sabotage,
- production,
- depredation,
- disruption,
- bombardment.
- disavowal,
- deletion,
- cancellation,
- abolishment,
- Disaffirmation,
- dissolution,
- rejection,
- repudiation,
- neutralization,
- annulment,
- refutation,
- divorce,
- withdrawal,
- dismissal,
- retraction,
- denial,
- negation,
- undoing,
- revocation,
- abnegation,
- Disclamation,
- invalidation.
- dis organization,
- dis integrations,
- caveins,
- cave ins,
- dis organizations,
- dis-integration,
- conk outs,
- dis-organization,
- dis-integrations,
- dis-organizations,
- cavein,
- ruinings,
- dis integration.
- de creases,
- de-solations,
- de-solation,
- de cay,
- de cays,
- de solation,
- wear tear,
- de-cay,
- de solations,
- de-crease,
- drinkings,
- de-cays,
- using ups,
- de-creases,
- de crease,
- consumings.
- Downthrow,
- Insuccess,
- non-success,
- Whaling,
- nonsuccess,
- lacings,
- subjugation,
- trouncings,
- thrashing,
- waxings,
- subjugations,
- kos,
- massacre,
- killing,
- Vanquishment.
- havoc,
- wreckage,
- Disintegrating,
- Subverting,
- annihilation,
- Disrupting,
- extinguishing,
- shattering,
- crushing,
- invalidating,
- dissolving,
- sacking,
- murder,
- ravaging,
- end,
- Assassinating,
- slaying,
- Abolishing.
- dis patching,
- dis positions,
- dis-carding,
- junkings,
- dispatchings,
- dis-positions,
- auctionings,
- vendings,
- discardings,
- re legation,
- dis-patching,
- dis-position,
- chuckings,
- dis position,
- dis carding,
- dis cardings,
- re-legation,
- barterings,
- re legations,
- re-legations,
- dis-cardings,
- jettisonings,
- demolishings.
- fore-ordinations,
- fore ordination,
- pre destination,
- lap the god,
- way the cookie crumble,
- way ball bounce,
- foreordinations,
- lap of the god,
- lap of gods,
- de-cree,
- way cookie crumble,
- lap gods,
- lap of god,
- pre determinations,
- lap the gods,
- pre-destination,
- pre-determinations,
- de crees,
- de cree,
- fixed futures,
- de-crees,
- pre-destinations,
- predeterminations,
- pre determination,
- pre destinations,
- fore ordinations,
- way ball bounces,
- way the ball bounce,
- pre-determination,
- handwriting wall,
- lap god.
- de scents,
- the skid,
- de scent,
- de-luge,
- de generation,
- de luges,
- de-cadence,
- de luge,
- on the rock,
- de cadences,
- de-scent,
- de-generation,
- de-scents,
- de-cadences,
- on rock,
- de cadence,
- de volutions,
- de-generations,
- on rocks,
- road ruin,
- devolutions,
- de volution,
- de-volution,
- de-volutions,
- de generations,
- de-luges.
- dis-placements,
- dis card,
- dis-placement,
- dis placements,
- weeding outs,
- taking aways,
- dis-card,
- dis-cards,
- dis placement,
- dis cards.
- spoilings,
- de sedimentation,
- grinding downs,
- de-sedimentations,
- washing aways,
- wearing downs,
- desedimentations,
- eating aways,
- de-sedimentation,
- de sedimentations.
- dis-eases,
- un pleasantness,
- in-jury,
- dis ease,
- dis eases,
- in disposition,
- un-pleasantnesses,
- in juries,
- in dispositions,
- in-disposition,
- un pleasantnesses,
- in jury,
- un-pleasantness,
- in-dispositions,
- dis-ease,
- badnesses.
- offings,
- terrorisms,
- oneway tickets,
- oneway ticket,
- taking outs,
- one way ticket,
- knifings,
- the businesses,
- rub outs,
- one-way tickets,
- the work,
- one way tickets.
- golpe,
- risings,
- uprising,
- re-formation,
- guerrilla activity,
- over turn,
- transformations,
- shake-up,
- radical change,
- underground activities,
- turnover,
- underground activity,
- turnovers.
- wreak havoc on,
- dilapidates,
- clean out,
- lay waste,
- bankrupts,
- make a mess of,
- wreckers,
- dilapidate,
- spoilate,
- bring to ruin,
- use up.
- dis-tress,
- free for all,
- queasinesses,
- sur prises,
- screw-ups,
- re-versions,
- dis quiet,
- up-sets,
- screw ups,
- sur-prise,
- re versions,
- re-version,
- dis tress,
- dis-tresses,
- dis-quiet,
- dis-quiets,
- up sets,
- dis quiets,
- sur-prises,
- up-set,
- re version,
- sur prise,
- dis tresses.
- the gold,
- grand slams,
- grand slam,
- bull's eye,
- hole in one,
- bulls-eye,
- mission accomplished,
- laurels,
- feather in cap,
- clean sweep,
- winnings.
Other synonyms:
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- formation,
- perfection,
- wrack,
- pillage,
- violence,
- wrecker,
- wear and tear,
- dereliction,
- implosion,
- disrepair,
- putrefaction,
- overkill,
- ruination,
- corrosion,
- suppression,
- detriment,
- impairment,
- fragmentation,
- decoration,
- spoilage.
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- detonation,
- rupture,
- breakage.
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- corruption,
- destroyer.
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- trail.
Paraphrases for Destruction:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Destroying, destroy.
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Proper noun, singular
Destroying, depletion, destroy, Shredding.
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Noun, singular or mass
devastation, Destroying, depletion, destroy, Shredding.
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Verb, past tense
destroyed.
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Verb, past participle
destroyed.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
destruction-related.
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Noun, singular or mass
annihilation, extermination, desolation, obliteration, disintegration, ruination, extinction, vandalism.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
sabotages.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
disposal.
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Proper noun, singular
breaches, uses, destroyed, disposal, demolished.
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Noun, plural
purposes, documents, Records, courts, Measures, benefits, Standards, individuals, Activities, members, Agencies, Ones, Plants, files, awards, destroyed, losses.
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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.
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Verb, past tense
devastated, shattered, wrecked, demolished.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
undermines, destabilizes, disrupts, harms, erodes, jeopardizes, Violates, attacks, impairs, obstructs, compromises, breaches.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
damage.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Destruction:
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n.
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demolition, devastation
construction, restoration, building, reparation, creation, improvement.
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Other antonyms:
rescue, renovation, re-creation, protection, salvage, salvation, reclamation, Regeneracy, saving, refurbishment, raising, remodeling, reconstruction.
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demolition, devastation
Homophones for Destruction:
Hypernym for Destruction:
n.
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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.
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act
Hyponym for Destruction:
n.
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act
ending, termination, conclusion.
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state
state.
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act