Destruction
Demolition
Synonyms Demolition, pulling down, levelling, felling, breaking up, ruination, shattering, blowing up, bombing, torpedoing, devastation, blighting, disfigurement, defacing, injury, laying waste, ravaging, knocking down, tearing down, razing (to the ground), dismantling, wrecking, smashing, blasting, dynamiting, carpet bombing, spoliation, spoiling, marring, impairment, scarring, harm, desolation, and wasting.
Annihilation
Synonyms Annihilation, obliteration, eradication, extinction, rooting out, killing, slaughtering, massacring, butchering, decimation, rubbing out, zapping, wiping out, elimination, liquidation, finishing off, extirpation, slaughter, massacre, butchery, extermination, taking out, snuffing out, and wasting.
Example Sentences
The storm caused widespread destruction.
Destruction can lead to rebirth.
War brings only pain and destruction.
The destruction was swift and complete.