n. | 1. | The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. |
2. | The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated. | |
2. | A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer. |
Noun | 1. | destruction - termination by an act of destruction Synonyms: devastation |
2. | destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something Synonyms: demolition, wipeout | |
3. | destruction - a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" |