Definition of destruction

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Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.

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Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..
Onychia :: Onychia (n.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail..
Biolysis :: Biolysis (n.) The destruction of life.
Proscribe :: Proscribe (v. t.) To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents..
Decay :: Decay (n.) Destruction; death.
Liberticide :: Liberticide (n.) The destruction of civil liberty.
Excision :: Excision (n.) The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
Destruction :: Destruction (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes..
Subversive :: Subversionary (a.) Promoting destruction.
Save :: Save (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames..
Abolishment :: Abolishment (n.) The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
Bane :: Bane (n.) Destruction; death.
Dynamiter :: Dynamiter (n.) One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property..
Decreation :: Decreation (n.) Destruction; -- opposed to creation.
Perishableness :: Perishableness (n.) The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Sword :: Sword (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..
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