destruction

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
devastation
• Derivationally related forms:
devastate (for: devastation), destroy
• Hypernyms:
termination, ending, conclusion
• Hyponyms:
disaster, kill, laying waste, ruin, ruining,
ruination, wrecking, razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing,
annihilation, obliteration, decimation, self-destruction, neutralization, neutralisation,
sabotage, extermination, liquidation, holocaust, demolition, spoliation,
vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief
2. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
demolition, wipeout
• Derivationally related forms:
wipe out (for: wipeout), demolish (for: demolition), destroy
• Hypernyms:
ending, conclusion, finish
• Hyponyms:
annihilation, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, ravage,
ravage, razing, wrecking, ruin, ruination,
wrack, rack
3. a final state
- he came to a bad end
- the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
• Syn:
end, death
• Derivationally related forms:
die (for: death), end (for: end)
• Hypernyms:
state

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  end, death, demolition, wipeout, devastation