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   destruction

   /dɪˈstrʌkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired: "the destruction of the rainforest" Similar demolitionknocking downpulling downtearing downlevellingrazing (to the ground)fellingdismantlingbreaking upwreckingruinationsmashingshatteringblastingblowing updynamitingbombingcarpet bombingtorpedoingspoliationdevastationspoilingruinationwreckingblightingmarringdisfigurementimpairmentdefacingscarringinjuryharmlaying wastedesolationravagingliterary:wasting
   • ▪ the action or process of killing or being killed: "the wanton destruction of human life" Similar annihilationwiping outobliterationeliminationeradicationliquidationextinctionfinishing offrooting outextirpationkillingslaughterslaughteringmassacremassacringbutcherybutcheringexterminationdecimationinformal:taking outrubbing outsnuffing outzappingwasting
   • ▪ a cause of someone's ruin: "gambling was his destruction"
   • 2. a group of wild cats. rare

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin destructio(n-), from the verb destruere (see destroy).

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