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)

  1. The act of destroying.
    The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
  2. The results of a destructive event.
    Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.

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Hyponyms
▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*strew-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *strew-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *strew-</a>‎ (0 c, 21 e)
  <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>

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French

Etymology

From Old French destrucion, borrowed from Latin destructio, destructionem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

destruction f (plural destructions)

  1. destruction

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