Destruction Synonyms

Butchery , blasting, annihilation, and butchering are synonyms for destruction; creation and construction are antonyms of destruction. On this page, you will find 59 another word for destruction.

59 Another Word for Destruction

1. demolition

  • Blasting
  • Blighting
  • Blowing up
  • Bombing
  • Breaking up
  • Carpet bombing
  • Defacing
  • Demolition
  • Desolation
  • Devastation
  • Disfigurement
  • Dismantling
  • Dynamiting
  • Felling
  • Harm
  • Impairment
  • Injury
  • Knocking down
  • Laying waste
  • Levelling
  • Marring
  • Pulling down
  • Ravaging
  • Razing (to the ground)
  • Ruination
  • Scarring
  • Shattering
  • Smashing
  • Spoiling
  • Spoliation
  • Tearing down
  • Torpedoing
  • Wrecking
  • Wasting

2. annihilation

  • Annihilation
  • Butchering
  • Butchery
  • Decimation
  • Elimination
  • Eradication
  • Extermination
  • Extinction
  • Extirpation
  • Finishing off
  • Killing
  • Liquidation
  • Massacre
  • Massacring
  • Obliteration
  • Rooting out
  • Rubbing out
  • Slaughter
  • Slaughtering
  • Snuffing out
  • Taking out
  • Wiping out
  • Zapping
  • Wasting

Destruction Sentences

The storm caused widespread destruction.

Destruction can lead to rebirth.

War brings only pain and destruction.

The destruction was swift and complete.