destruction

English

Etymology

Inherited 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

• angiodestruction
• autodestruction
• creative destruction
• cyclodestruction
• cytodestruction
• demand destruction
• destructional
• destructionism
• destructionist
• destruction permit
• macrodestruction
• mass destruction
• megadestruction
• mutual assured destruction
• mutually assured destruction
• neurodestruction
• nondestruction
• phosphodestruction
• photodestruction
• thermodestruction
• weapon of mass destruction

 

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, zmar m
• 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: ການ​ທຳ​ລາຍ (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 (no) m

• Occitan: destruccion (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic: пагоуба f (paguba)
• Ottoman Turkish: افنا (ifna)
• 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), escante m (Puerto Rico), excidio m
• 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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• 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)
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• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: നാശം (ml) (nāśaṁ)
• Maori: whakamōtītanga
• 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, escante m (Puerto Rico)
• Swedish: förstörelse (sv) c, ödeläggelse (sv) c
• Tocharian B: nautalñe
• Turkish: yıkım (tr), harabiyet
• Ukrainian: руйнува́ння n (rujnuvánnja)

See also

• devastation

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)

1. destruction

Derived terms

• arme de destruction massive (“weapon of mass destruction”)

Related terms

• destructible
• détruire
• indestructible

 

Further reading

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