Entry Word: destruction

Function: noun

Meaning: the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless <the violent storm resulted in the destruction of their tree house>

Synonyms annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, devastation, extermination, extinction, havoc, loss, obliteration, ruin, ruination, wastage, wreckage

Related Words depredation, despoilment, despoliation; breakup, disintegration, dissolution; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

Near Antonyms conservation, preservation, protection; reconstruction, re-creation, remodeling, renovation, restoration

Antonyms building, construction, erection, raising