Synonyms for destruction
dɪˈstrʌk ʃənde·struc·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.4 / 11 votes

1. destruction

   Synonyms:
   damage, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Antonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. destruction, devastationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   end, death, desolation, wipeout, devastation, ravaging, demolition

2. destruction, demolition, wipeoutnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   wipeout, end, demolition, death, devastation

3. end, destruction, deathnoun

   a final state

   "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

   Synonyms:
   goal, remainder, devastation, terminal, last, expiry, conclusion, end, ending, death, demolition, demise, wipeout, dying, remnant, closing, close, final stage, oddment, decease

Matched Categories

1. • Ending
   • State
   • Termination

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1. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin, havoc, shipwreck

2. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   desolation, devastation, ravage

3. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   eradication, extirpation, extinction

4. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   death, slaughter, murder, massacre

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. destructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   annihilation, demolition, eradication, ruin, perdition, havoc, vandalism, subversion, desolation, devastation, iconoclasm

   Antonyms:
   conservation preservation, perpetuation

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1. List of paraphrases for "destruction":

   destroying, destroy, devastation, destroyed, disposal, demolition, shredding, mass, annihilation, damage, ground, destruction-related, extermination, depletion, destructions, destructive, disaster, sabotage, havoc, obliteration, desolation, comprehensive

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How to use destruction in a sentence?

1. Meedya Raqqa:

   I lost a lot of friends in this war and I resist to avenge their death, no matter the destruction in Kobani, it can be built again -- the important thing is to destroy this strange enemy that entered our land.

2. Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos:

   My feelings would never change, but... now she was gone, and this thought meant more to me than the impending destruction of the world.

3. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon:

   The threat has been changed dramatically from conventional type warfare to what might be called super-conventional...weapons of mass destruction, or sub-conventional like terror, rockets, and missiles.

4. State John Kerry:

   Everybody is seized by the urgency. We have been all along but the migration levels and continued destruction, the danger of potential augmentation by any unilateral moves puts a high premium on diplomacy at this moment.

5. Kabbalah:

   Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction.