destruction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
- disaster hyponym
- kill hyponym
- laying waste hyponym
- tearing down hyponym
- annihilation hyponym
- decimation hyponym
- self-destruction hyponym
- neutralisation hyponym
- sabotage hyponym
- liquidation hyponym
- holocaust hyponym
- demolition hyponym
- spoliation hyponym
- vandalism hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Types & categories
- conclusion hypernym
- annihilation hyponym
- eradication hyponym
- ravage hyponym
- wrecking hyponym
- ruination hyponym
- wrack hyponym
Related & opposite
- annihilate derivation
- cancel out derivation
- obliterate derivation
- erase derivation
- ruin derivation
- sweep away derivation
- pulverise derivation
Sense 3 noun
a final state
he came to a bad end
Types & categories
- state hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | devastate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruin |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destroy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disaster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | laying waste |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tearing down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | annihilation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decimation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-destruction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neutralisation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sabotage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquidation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holocaust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demolition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoliation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vandalism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancel out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obliterate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | erase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sweep away |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pulverise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conclusion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | annihilation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eradication |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ravage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrecking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruination |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrack |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |