destruction - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Synonyms

• destruction
• devastation

More generic

• conclusion
• ending
• termination

More specific

• annihilation
• decimation
• demolishing
• demolition
• disaster
• extermination
• holocaust
• hooliganism
• kill
• laying waste
• leveling
• liquidation
• malicious mischief
• neutralisation
• neutralization
• obliteration
• razing
• ruin
• ruination
• ruining
• sabotage
• self-destruction
• spoliation
• tearing down
• vandalism
• wrecking

Noun

an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

Synonyms

• demolition
• destruction
• wipeout

More generic

• conclusion
• ending
• finish

More specific

• annihilation
• depredation
• disintegration
• eradication
• obliteration
• rack
• ravage
• razing
• ruin
• ruination
• wrack
• wrecking

Noun

a final state

Synonyms

• death
• destruction
• end

More generic

• state

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