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destruction
Meaning: severe damage that ruins or wrecks something completely
destruction in a sentence
How destruction is used in real sentences:
The hurricane left a trail of destruction across the small coastal town.
Firefighters worked through the night, but the blaze still caused massive destruction to three warehouses downtown.
“Their model also showed why such motion deserves attention: if vibration grows unchecked, it can cause the destruction of joints or cables.”
— from the passage The Singing Span
Synonyms for destruction
Other words for destruction — ruin, devastation and demolition — carry the same meaning.
- ruin
- devastation
- demolition
Antonyms of destruction
Words that mean the opposite of destruction:
- construction
- creation
- preservation
Where it comes from
From Latin destruere 'to tear down'
Word parts
- struct — build
destruction: de- (down, apart) + struct (build) + -ion (act of)
Memory hook
DE-STRUCTION — DE (down) + STRUCT (build): to tear a structure down.
Practice destruction in the app