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destruction
severe damage that ruins or wrecks something completely
Synonyms
- ruin
- devastation
- demolition
Antonyms
- construction
- creation
- preservation
destruction in a sentence
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.
Where it comes from
From Latin destruere 'to tear down'
Memory hook
DE-STRUCTION — DE (down) + STRUCT (build): to tear a structure down.
Word parts
- struct — build
destruction: de- (down, apart) + struct (build) + -ion (act of)
Read it in context
- The Singing Span Science
Practice destruction in the app