Destruction

What do we mean by destruction?

The act or process of destroying. noun

The condition of having been destroyed. noun

The cause or means of destroying. noun

The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down, as of a building; subversion or overthrow, as of a government or a principle; ruin, as of a town, a crop, reputation, virtue, etc.; annihilation or deprivation of existence, as of a man or a forest. noun

The state of being destroyed; ruin. noun

Cause of destruction; a consuming plague or ruinous infliction; a destroyer. noun

Synonyms and Overthrow, desolation, extirpation, eradication, extermination, extinction, devastation. noun

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. noun

The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated. noun

A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer. noun

The act of destroying. noun

The results of a destructive event. noun

An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something noun

The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists noun

A final state noun

The act of destroying.

The results of a destructive event.

Words that are spelled similarly to destruction:
destruction, instruction, distraction, restriction, obstruction, destructive, detraction, distriction, destructor, extruction, oestruation, destructing, destructions, destructo, dinstruction.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word destruction:
wrought, jerusalem, habitat, destroy, destroying, weapons, destroyed, temple, bombing, earthquake, enemy, planet, iraq, chemical, burning, rebuilt, caused, nuclear.

Words that rhyme with destruction:
induction, construction, production, instruction, introduction, deduction, reduction, abduction, obstruction, suction, conduction, reproduction, reconstruction, seduction, deconstruction, liposuction, fluxion, duction, striction, overproduction, sexual reproduction, magnetic induction, oil production, tax deduction, reintroduction, pair production, artistic production, coefficient of self induction, course of instruction, electrical conduction, mutual induction, coefficient of mutual induction, price reduction, temperature reduction, business deduction, sound reproduction, theatrical production, supervisor call instruction, entertainment deduction, self induction, steel production, road construction, speech production, dramatic production.

Adjectives that are often used to describe destruction:
mass, own, total, complete, self, utter, final, wanton, extensive, certain, physical, creative, mutual, wholesale, environmental, rapid, partial, massive, widespread, much, ultimate, assured, further, progressive, joint, red, inevitable, entire, sudden, immediate, systematic, actual, nuclear, terrible, eventual, deliberate, possible, considerable, selective, gradual, imminent, severe, excessive, eternal, everlasting, universal, violent, subsequent, ecological, absolute, impending, swift, consequent, bony, instant, periodontal, cortical, indiscriminate, mediated, ruthless, cell, wartime, enormous, cellular, virtual, speedy, slow, thermal, near, vast, scale, accidental, permanent, senseless, bilateral, sure, premature, mechanical, wilful, immune, willful, unnecessary.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective destruction:
period, harm, layer, era, threats, rubble, times.

Consonant match to destruction:
distraction, distriction.

Words that sound like destruction:
destruction, distriction, distraction, destructions, distractions, detraction, destructing, distinction, instruction, distracting, detection, disection, detrition, destrehan, restriction, deduction, destructo, detractions, disturbation, direction, districting, obstruction, discretion, dissection, despection, disparition, dystrophin, district line, destruct, distortion, distribution, disruption, dissertation, diffraction, distillation, distinctions, destructor, destructs, mass destruction, dessication, distension, distorsion, deterration, destructionist, destruction fire, deduktion.