Definition of destruction

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Destruction (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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Subversionary :: Subversion (n.) The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution..
Debris :: Debris (n.) Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins..
Destructible :: Destructible (a.) Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
Biolytic :: Biolytic (a.) Relating to the destruction of life.
Salvation :: Salvation (n.) The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage..
Subversive :: Subversionary (a.) Promoting destruction.
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck..
Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames..
Ending :: Ending (n.) Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.
Waste :: Waste (v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder..
Havoc :: Havoc (n.) Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste.
Abolition :: Abolition (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc..
Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection..
Carnage :: Carnage (n.) Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
Crush :: Crush (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Proscribe :: Proscribe (v. t.) To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents..
Onychia :: Onychia (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail..
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