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Synonyms for destruction
noun demolition, devastation

loss
murder
eradication
ruin
massacre
slaughter
annihilation
extermination
elimination
extinction

carnage
ruination
undoing
liquidation
downfall
end
wrecking
havoc
subversion
overthrow

extirpation
invalidation
bane
abolition
wreckage
crashing
crushing
extinguishing
sacking
slaying

shattering
dissolving
ravaging
subjugation
abolishing
assassinating
disintegrating
disrupting
invalidating
subverting

Antonyms for destruction

building
improvement

reparation
creation

construction
restoration

Concept Thesaurus for word destruction
3. POWER IN OPERATION
Synonyms – noun

destruction
diruption
fall
crash
delabrement
fall apart
wreck
washout.
knock-down blow
demolition
suppression
ravage
revolution
dilapidation (deterioration)

waste
disruption
downfall
eboulement
debacle
prostration
wrack
extinction
doom
demolishment
abolition (abrogation)
devastation
extirpation (extraction)
sabotage.

dissolution
consumption
ruin
smash
break down
desolation
shipwreck
annihilation
crack of doom.
overthrow
biblioclasm
razzia
commencement de la fin

breaking up
disorganization.
peridition
havoc
break up
bouleversement
cataclysm
destruction of life
destroying
subversion
sacrifice
incendiarism
road to ruin

Synonyms – verbs

be destroyed
topple
crumble to dust
go to shivers
go by the board
be all with
make away with
demolish
overwhelm
seal the doom of
undo
cut down
beat down
do a job on
dispel
smash
squelch
batter to pieces
shake to pieces
nip
knock to atoms
knock down over
scuttle
submerge
erase
level with the dust
ravage
devour
sap
blow to smithereens
extinguish
put out
trample in the dust
trample under foot
make mincement of
scatter to the winds
spring a mine
eradicate

perish
go to pieces
go to the dogs
go to wreck
go all to smash
totter to its fall.
nullify
tear up
upset
do in
break up
pull down
suppress
cut short
dissipate
crash
crumple up
tear to pieces
pull to pieces
tear to rags
ruin
fell
wreck
lay in ashes
wipe out
level with the ground.
gut
swallow up
mine
drop the big one
quench
stamp out
prostrate
lay the ax to the root of
cut up root and branch
throw overboard
blow up

fall to the ground
fall to pieces
go to the wall
go to pot
be all over
destroy
annul
overturn
subvert
do for
cut up
mow down
quash
take off
dissolve
quell
shatter
crush to pieces
pick to pieces
tear to tatters
strike out
sink
shipwreck
lay in ruins
expunge
deal destruction
disorganize
desolate
blast
confound
annihilate
trample out
tread under foot
make short work of
chop into pieces
strike at the root of
ravage with fire and sword

tumble
break up
go to smash
go to wrack and ruin
be all up
do away with
sacrifice
overthrow
put an end to
dish
break down
blow down
put down
blot out
consume.
squash
shiver
cut to pieces
laniate
crush to atoms
throw over
swamp
ingulf
sweep away
raze
lay waste
dismantle (render useless)
devastate
bomb
exterminate
snuff out
lay in the dust
crush under foot
make clean sweep of
fling to the winds
sap the foundations of
cast to the dogs

Synonyms – adjectives

destroyed
tottering to its fall
all-devouring
ruinous
deadly (killing)

perishing
in course of destruction
all-engulfing.
incendiary

trembling to its fall
extinct
destructive
deletory

nodding to its fall
all-destroying
subversive
destroying n. suicidal

Synonyms – phrases
delenda est Carthago [Cato. “Carthage must be destroyed” (Latin)]; dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit [“While Rome deliberates Saguntum perishes” (Latin)]; ecrasez
Antonyms

production

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Other adjectives related to destruction

Kafkaesque
destroyed
disintegrous
fatiferous
irrefragable
mundicidious
phthartic
saprogenic
symphoric
veneniferous

baneful
destroying
dislimning
fricative
lethiferous
nocuous
poisonous
slighted
tottering to its fall
virose

deadly
destructive
exitious
incendiary
marcescent
nodding to its fall
putrescent
subversive
trembling to its fall
vorpal

deletory
detrimental
extinct
internecine
marcid
perishing
ruinous
suicidal
venene
wasted

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