destruction
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - IPA(key): /ˌdɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/
- Rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Noun
destruction (countable and uncountable, plural destructions)
- The act of destroying.
- The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
- The results of a destructive event.
- Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/construct' title='construct'>construct</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/constructible' title='constructible'>constructible</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/construction' title='construction'>construction</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/constructional' title='constructional'>constructional</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/constructionism' title='constructionism'>constructionism</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/constructive' title='constructive'>constructive</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/constructivism' title='constructivism'>constructivism</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/constructivist' title='constructivist'>constructivist</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/constructor' title='constructor'>constructor</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/construe' title='construe'>construe</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destroy' title='destroy'>destroy</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destruct' title='destruct'>destruct</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destructible' title='destructible'>destructible</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destruction' title='destruction'>destruction</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destructive' title='destructive'>destructive</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destructively' title='destructively'>destructively</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destructiveness' title='destructiveness'>destructiveness</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/destructivity' title='destructivity'>destructivity</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/misconstrue' title='misconstrue'>misconstrue</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/obstruct' title='obstruct'>obstruct</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/obstruction' title='obstruction'>obstruction</a>
Translations
act of destroying
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results of a destructive event
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See also
French
Etymology
From Old French destrucion, borrowed from Latin destructio, destructionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Related terms
Further reading
- “destruction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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