destruction

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French destrucion, from Latin destructio.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˌdɪsˈtrʌkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

destruction (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.

Translations

act of destroying

Arabic: تدمير (ar) (tadmiir) m., قضاء (ar) (qaDaa') m. Chinese: Mandarin: 毀滅 (zh), 毁灭 (zh) (huǐmiè), 破壞 (zh), 破坏 (zh) (pòhuài) Croatian: uništenje (hr) f., propast (hr) f., katastrofa (hr) f., razrušenje (hr) f., uništavanje (hr) n., sravnjenje sa zemljom (hr) n. Danish: ødelæggelse (da) Dutch: vernietiging (nl) f. Finnish: tuhoaminen (fi) French: destruction (fr) f. German: Zerstörung (de) f., Vernichtung (de) f. Greek: καταστροφή (katastrofi) f., συντριβή (sintrivi) f. Hebrew: הריסה (harisa) f. (1); הרס (heres) m. (2)

Icelandic: eyðilegging (is) f. Italian: distruzione (it) f. Japanese: 破壊 (ja) (hakai), 滅亡 (ja) (metsubō), 絶滅 (ja) (zetsumetsu) Korean: 파괴 (ko) Kurdish: Sorani: ناهێشتن (ku) (nAhaeshtin), وێرانی (ku) (waerAni) Latin: exitium, -i (la) n. Polish: niszczenie (pl) n. Romanian: distrugere (ro) f. Russian: разрушение (ru) (razrušénije) n., уничтожение (ru) (uničtožénije) n. Spanish: destrucción (es)

results of a destructive event

Chinese: Mandarin: 毀滅 (zh), 毁灭 (zh) (huǐmiè), 破壞 (zh), 破坏 (zh) (pòhuài) Esperanto: detruado (eo), detruo (eo) Finnish: tuho (fi) German: Zerstörung (de) f.

Greek: καταστροφή (el) (katastrofi) f. Icelandic: eyðilegging (is) f. Italian: distruzione (it) f. Scottish Gaelic: creach (gd) f.

Related terms

• destroy
• destructionless
• destructive

See also

• devastation

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French

Etymology

Old French destrucion, from Latin destructio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

destruction f. (plural destructions)

1. destruction

Related terms

• détruire