noun
destruction
dih-STRUHK-shuhn/dɪˈstrʌkʃn/
The act or result of ruining something completely.
The broken beams and rubble reveal the storm's destruction of the house.
Etymology
The pieces express an act of “un-building”: pulling down what has been built. That concrete image extends to complete ruin, whether or not the thing destroyed is a physical structure.
In context
means utter destruction or eternal ruin. Judas's betrayal of Jesus was a clear act of rejecting God and his fate was sealed
More examples
- The earthquake causes the complete destruction of several buildings.
- Habitat destruction threatens many species.
- The company requires the destruction of all confidential records.
Forms
destruction
destroy verb — To ruin something completely or eliminate it.
destructive adjective — Causing serious damage or complete ruin.
Similar words
- devastation
- Emphasizes widespread ruin, often across an entire area.
- demolition
- Usually means deliberately tearing down a building or structure.
- ruin
- Often emphasizes the resulting state rather than the destructive act.