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destruction Noun 1. the act of destroying something or state of being destroyed 2. a cause of ruin [Latin destructio a pulling down] Destruction of wildcats: a group of wildcats. See also dout. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
destruction noun 1. ruin, havoc, wreckage, crushing, wrecking, shattering, undoing, demolition, devastation, annihilation, ruination noun 2. massacre, overwhelming, slaughter, overthrow, extinction, end, downfall, liquidation, obliteration, extermination, eradication 3. slaughter, A type of adjustment for destroying a given target. Translations (fig) → ruina |
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But the different forms of motion have their own contraries in other forms; thus destruction is the contrary of generation, diminution of increase, rest in a place, of change of place. Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product. He operated wholly alone, but he created a thousandfold more terror and achieved a thousandfold more destruction than all the terrorist groups added together. |
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