destruction

destruction

English

Etymology

From Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• 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.

Antonyms

• construction

Hyponyms

• self-destruction

Derived terms

• creative destruction
• demand destruction
• destruction permit
• mass destruction
• mutual assured destruction
• mutually assured destruction
• weapon of mass destruction

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strew-‎ (0 c, 25 e)

Translations

act of destroying

Arabic: تَدْمِير‎ m (tadmīr), هَدْم‎ (ar) m (hadm), تَلَف‎ m (talaf) Belarusian: руйнава́нне n (rujnavánnje), разбурэ́нне n (razburénnje), знішчэ́нне n (zniščénnje) Bulgarian: разруше́ние (bg) n (razrušénie), унищоже́ние (bg) n (uništožénie) Catalan: destrucció (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 毀滅／毁灭 (zh) (huǐmiè), 破壞／破坏 (zh) (pòhuài) Czech: destrukce (cs) f, zničení n Danish: ødelæggelse c Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f Esperanto: detruo (eo) Finnish: tuhoaminen (fi), hävitys (fi), hävittäminen (fi) French: destruction (fr) f Galician: destrución (gl) f Georgian: განადგურება (ganadgureba) German: Zerstörung (de) f, Vernichtung (de) f Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (fralusts), 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (qisteins) Greek: καταστροφή (el) f (katastrofí), συντριβή (el) f (syntriví), αφανισμός (el) (afanismós), χαλασμός (el) (chalasmós), κατεδάφιση (el) (katedáfisi), κατάλυση (el) (katálysi) Ancient: ἀπώλεια f (apṓleia), ὄλεθρος m (ólethros), λοιγός m (loigós) Hausa: ɓarna (ha) Hebrew: הריסה‎ f (harisá), הרס‎ (he) m (héres), הַשְׁמָדָה‎ f (hashmadá), חֻרְבָּן‎ (he) m (khurbán) Hindi: नाश (hi) (nāś), विनाश (hi) (vināś) Icelandic: eyðilegging (is) f Irish: loitiméireacht f, líomhadh m, eirleach m, urbhaidh f (literary), argain f Italian: distruzione (it) f Japanese: 破壊 (ja) (はかい, hakai), 破棄 (ja) (はき, haki), 湮滅 (ja) (いんめつ, inmetsu) Korean: 파괴(破壞) (ko) (pagoe), 멸망(滅亡) (ko) (myeolmang) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ناھێشتن‎ (nahêştin), وێرانی‎ (ku) (wêranî) Lao: ການ​ທຳ​ລາຍ (kān tham lāi) Latin: exitium n, clādes f Macedonian: уништување n (uništuvanje) Malayalam: സംഹാരം (ml) (saṃhāraṃ), നശിപ്പിക്കൽ (naśippikkal) Maori: whakangaromanga, whakamōtītanga, turakanga Norwegian: Bokmål: ødeleggelse m Pali: atipāta m Persian: تخریب‎ (fa) (taxrib) Polish: niszczenie (pl) n, zniszczenie (pl) n, destrukcja (pl) f Portuguese: destruição (pt) f Romanian: distrugere (ro) f Russian: разруше́ние (ru) n (razrušénije), уничтоже́ние (ru) n (uničtožénije) Sanskrit: नाश (sa) m (nāśa), विनाश (sa) m (vināśa), भङ्ग (sa) m (bhaṅga), संहार (sa) (saṃhāra), निधन (sa) m (nidhana), ध्वंस (sa) m (dhvaṃsa), विभङ्ग (sa) m (vibhaṅga), विध्वंश m (vidhvaṃśa), विघटन (sa) m (vighaṭana) Scottish Gaelic: milleadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: униште́ње n Roman: uništénje (sh) n Slovak: zničenie n Slovene: uničenje (sl) n Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: pótopjenje n, wopusćenje n Spanish: destrucción (es) Swahili: uharibifu Swedish: förstörelse (sv) c, ödeläggelse (sv) c Tajik: тахриб (taxrib) Thai: การทำลาย (th) Tocharian B: nkelñe Turkish: izmihlal (tr) (archaic), harap etme, tahribat (tr), yıkma (tr), yok etme Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎎𐎚 (ṣmt) Ukrainian: руйнува́ння n (rujnuvánnja), зни́щення n (znýščennja) Welsh: aball m Yiddish: אומקום‎ m (umkum)

results of a destructive event

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: разрушение (bg) n (razrušenie) Catalan: destrucció (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 毀滅／毁灭 (zh) (huǐmiè), 破壞／破坏 (zh) (pòhuài) Czech: zkáza (cs) f Esperanto: detruado, detruo (eo) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tuho (fi), hävitys (fi) Galician: destrución (gl) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Zerstörung (de) f Greek: καταστροφή (el) f (katastrofí) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: eyðilegging (is) f Italian: distruzione (it) f Japanese: 潰滅 (ja) (かいめつ, kaimetsu), 滅亡 (ja) (めつぼう, metsubō), 倒壊 (ja) (とうかい, tōkai) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Malayalam: നാശം (ml) (nāśaṃ) Polish: zniszczenie (pl) n, niszczenie (pl) n, destrukcja (pl) f Portuguese: destruição (pt) f Romanian: distrugere (ro) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Sanskrit: नाश (sa) m (nāśa) Scottish Gaelic: creach f, milleadh m Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: destrucción (es) f Swedish: förstörelse (sv) c, ödeläggelse (sv) c Tocharian B: nautalñe Turkish: yıkım (tr), harabiyet Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• devastation

Anagrams

• introducest

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French

Etymology

From Old French destrucion, borrowed from Latin dēstrūctiō, dēstrūctiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

destruction f (plural destructions)

1. destruction

Derived terms

• arme de destruction massive

Related terms

• détruire
• indestructible

Further reading

• “destruction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.