destruction

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

destruction (countable and uncountable, plural destructions)

The act of destroying.
The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
The results of a destructive event.
Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.

Antonyms

construction

Hyponyms

self-destruction

Derived terms

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strew-‎ (0 c, 24 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), დანგრევა (dangreva)
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 (wêranî)
Lao: ການທຳລາຍ (kān tham lāi)
Latin: exitium n, clādes f
Macedonian: уништување n (uništuvanje)
Malayalam: സംഹാരം (ml) (saṁhāraṁ), നശിപ്പിക്കൽ (naśippikkal)
Maori: whakangaromanga, whakamōtītanga, turakanga, anea, kore (mi), whakamōtī, urupatu, ngaromanga, orotā, takakino, aneatanga
Marathi: नाश m (nāś), विनाश m (vināś)
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
Sicilian: distruzziuni f
Slovak: zničenie n
Slovene: uničenje (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pótopjenje n, wopusćenje n
Spanish: destrucción (es)
Swahili: uharibifu, maangamizi
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

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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) (nāśaṁ)
Marathi: नाश m (nāś), विनाश m (vināś)
Polish: zniszczenie (pl) n, niszczenie (pl) n, destrukcja (pl) f
Portuguese: destruição (pt) f
Romanian: distrugere (ro) f
Russian: разруше́ния (ru) n pl (razrušénija)
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: руйнува́ння n (rujnuvánnja)

Anagrams

introducest

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French destrucion, borrowed from Latin dēstrūctiōnem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

destruction f (plural destructions)

destruction

Derived terms

arme de destruction massive

destruction

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