destruction

de·struc·tion  (d-strkshn)

n.

1.

a. The act of destroying.

b. The condition of having been destroyed.

2. The cause or means of destroying: weapons that could prove to be the destruction of humankind.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dstrcti, dstrctin-, from dstrctus, past participle of dstruere, to destroy; see destroy.]

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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]

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Destruction of wildcats: a group of wildcats. See also dout.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	destruction - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists devastation ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" disaster - an act that has disastrous consequences kill - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" laying waste, ruining, wrecking, ruination, ruin - destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined demolishing, tearing down, leveling, razing - complete destruction of a building annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something decimation - destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) self-destruction - the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction" neutralisation, neutralization - (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) sabotage - a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged extermination, liquidation - the act of exterminating holocaust - an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); "a nuclear holocaust" demolition - the act of demolishing spoliation - (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism - willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
	2.	destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something demolition, wipeout conclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" annihilation, disintegration - total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" eradication, obliteration - the complete destruction of every trace of something ravage, depredation - (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease" razing, wrecking - the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled ruination, ruin - an event that results in destruction wrack, rack - the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
	3.	destruction - a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" end, death state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

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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,

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A type of adjustment for destroying a given target.

Translations

destruction [dɪsˈtrʌkʃən] n → destrucción f;

(fig) → ruina

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destruction [dɪsˈtrʌkʃən] n → destruction f

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destruction [dɪsˈtrʌkʃən] destroy n → Zerstörung f

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destruction [dɪsˈtrʌkʃən] n → distruzione f