Destruction Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-strŭkshən
The act of destroying
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. carnage
  2. devastation
  3. ruin
  4. wreckage
  5. wreck
  6. demolition
  7. demolishing
  8. ruining
  9. wrecking
  10. tearing down
  11. razing
  12. leveling
  13. annihilation
  14. bane
  15. holocaust
  16. eradication
  17. obliteration
  18. slaying
  19. slaughter
  20. liquidation
  21. extirpation
  22. overthrow
  23. subversion
  24. extermination
  25. elimination
  26. consumption
  27. abolition
  28. murder
  29. assassination
  30. killing
  31. havoc
  32. disruption
  33. bombardment
  34. burning
  35. dynamiting
  36. laying-waste
  37. tearing apart
  38. disintegration
  39. extinction
  40. ravagement
  41. despoiling
  42. depredation
  43. dissolution
  44. butchery
  45. sabotage
  46. subverting
  47. ravaging
  48. pillaging
  49. ruination
  50. plundering
  51. despoliation
  52. end
  53. sacking
  54. vandalism
  55. subjugation
  56. crushing
  57. dissolving
  58. invalidating
  59. extinguishing
  60. undoing
  61. overthrowing
  62. collision
  63. crashing
  64. falling
  65. felling
  66. dismantling
  67. gutting
  68. defacing
  69. wrack
  70. shattering
  71. smashing
  72. trampling
  73. knocking-down
  74. stamping-out
  75. wiping-out
  76. sack
  77. rack-and-ruin
  78. crack of doom
  79. death
Antonyms:
  1. production
  2. formation
  3. erection
An act, instance, or consequence of breaking
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. breakage
  2. damage
  3. impairment
  4. wreckage

Words Related to Destruction

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Destruction Sentence Examples

  • The destruction continued for miles without end, as far as she could see.

  • Certain destruction lay behind the French but in front there was hope.

  • He squatted beside her, unaffected by the destruction around him.

  • The cause of the destruction of the French army in 1812 is clear to us now.

  • His whole life on the brink of destruction if it were recognized what he was doing.

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