What (who) is destruction - definition
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Destruction (disambiguation); Destructive; Destructive behaviors
Destruction
·noun A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
II. Destruction ·noun The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.
III. Destruction ·noun The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
destruction
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
...an international agreement aimed at halting the destruction of the ozone layer.
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destruction
n.
1.
Demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreck.
2.
Desolation, devastation, ravage.
3.
Eradication, extirpation, extinction, ruin.
4.
Death, slaughter, murder, massacre.
5.
Destroyer, destroying agent, plague.
Pronunciation examples for destruction
1. destruction.
Consciousness - The Missing Link _ Radhanath Swami _ Talks at Google
2. destruction.
Joel Kahn _ Talks at Google
3. and destruction.
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4. creative destruction.
Antifragille - Things That Gain from Disorder _ Nassim Nicholas Taleb _ Talks at Google
5. and destruction.
Humans Need Not Apply _ Jerry Kaplan _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of destruction
1. Now, I thought he had weapons of mass destruction; members of Congress thought he had weapons of mass destruction; the world thought he had weapons of mass destruction.
2. "Capitalism is the path to the destruction of the world, the destruction of the human being.
3. For them, the destruction of Lebanon is the destruction of statehood in many other places.
4. The only thing that can be built on destruction is destruction.
5. In the absence of the larger world community knowing more about the nature of genocidal destruction, that destruction will continue.