Destruction Synonyms

Destruction synonyms such as "butchery, blasting, annihilation, and butchering". Destruction is a noun, and its antonyms are creation and construction. Here are 58 another word for destruction with example sentences.

Another word for Destruction

58 other ways to say destruction.

1. demolition

  • wrecking
  • wasting
  • torpedoing
  • tearing down
  • spoliation
  • spoiling
  • smashing
  • shattering
  • scarring
  • ruination
  • razing (to the ground)
  • ravaging
  • pulling down
  • marring
  • levelling
  • laying waste
  • knocking down
  • injury
  • impairment
  • harm
  • felling
  • dynamiting
  • dismantling
  • disfigurement
  • devastation
  • desolation
  • demolition
  • defacing
  • carpet bombing
  • breaking up
  • bombing
  • blowing up
  • blighting
  • blasting

2. annihilation

  • zapping
  • wiping out
  • wasting
  • taking out
  • snuffing out
  • slaughtering
  • slaughter
  • rubbing out
  • rooting out
  • obliteration
  • massacring
  • massacre
  • liquidation
  • killing
  • finishing off
  • extirpation
  • extinction
  • extermination
  • eradication
  • elimination
  • decimation
  • butchery
  • butchering
  • annihilation

How to Use destruction in a Sentence

Destruction can lead to rebirth.

The storm caused widespread destruction.

War brings only pain and destruction.