Destruction synonyms

Butchery, blasting, annihilation, and butchering are all synonyms for destruction. Creation and construction are antonyms of destruction. And here are 59 another word for destruction.

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, and wasting are all synonyms for destruction.

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, and wasting are all another word for destruction.

Destruction synonym statistics

Destruction synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 1 synonym with 4, 6, and 17 letters and 5 synonyms with 7, and 12 letters. 9 synonyms with 8 letters and 7 synonyms with 9 letters.

14 synonyms with 10 letters and 10 synonyms with 11 letters. 3 synonyms with 13 letters. For a total of 56 another word for destruction.

Destruction sentences

The storm caused widespread destruction.

Destruction can lead to rebirth.

War brings only pain and destruction.

The destruction was swift and complete.

Related Words for destruction

  1. Proliferation
    • Synonyms: Expansion, growth
    • Opposites: reduction, decline
    • Part of speech: noun
  2. Concentration
    • Synonyms: close attention, close thought
    • Opposites: inattention, distraction
    • Part of speech: noun
  3. Companion
    • Synonyms: associate, partner
    • Opposites: enemy, stranger
    • Part of speech: noun
  4. Session
    • Synonyms: meeting, sitting
    • Opposites: interruption, break
    • Part of speech: noun
  5. Functionality
    • Synonyms: Capability, usability
    • Opposites: dysfunction, inefficiency
    • Part of speech: noun
  6. Irrational
    • Synonyms: unreasonable, illogical
    • Opposites: rational, logical
    • Part of speech: adjective
  7. Destiny
    • Synonyms: Fate, fortune
    • Opposites: chance, coincidence
    • Part of speech: noun
  8. Majestic
    • Synonyms: exalted, august
    • Opposites: pitiful, pathetic
    • Part of speech: adjective
  9. Aspiration
    • Synonyms: desire, hope
    • Opposites: apathy, indifference
    • Part of speech: noun
  10. Aforementioned
    • Synonyms: Previously mentioned, above-mentioned
    • Opposites: subsequent, following
    • Part of speech: adjective
  11. Progression
    • Synonyms: development, progress
    • Opposites: regression, decline
    • Part of speech: noun
  12. Prediction
    • Synonyms: forecast, prophecy
    • Opposites: retrospection, recollection
    • Part of speech: noun
  13. Catastrophe
    • Synonyms: disaster, calamity
    • Opposites: salvation, godsend
    • Part of speech: noun
  14. Region
    • Synonyms: Area, zone
    • Opposites: whole, entirety
    • Part of speech: noun
  15. In the region of
    • Synonyms: approximately, about
    • Opposites: exactly, precisely
    • Part of speech: preposition
  16. Strain
    • Synonyms: tension, tightness
    • Opposites: ease, relaxation
    • Part of speech: noun
  17. Compensation
    • Synonyms: recompense, repayment
    • Opposites: penalty, deprivation
    • Part of speech: noun
  18. Revelation
    • Synonyms: disclosure, surprising fact
    • Opposites: keeping, covering up
    • Part of speech: noun
  19. Questionable
    • Synonyms: controversial, contentious
    • Opposites: certain, indisputable
    • Part of speech: adjective
  20. Gesture
    • Synonyms: signal, signalling
    • Opposites: neglect, inaction
    • Part of speech: noun
  21. Devotion
    • Synonyms: loyalty, faithfulness
    • Opposites: disloyalty, indifference, hatred
    • Part of speech: noun
  22. Ineffective
    • Synonyms: unsuccessful, non-successful
    • Opposites: effective, efficient
    • Part of speech: adjective
  23. Strike
    • Synonyms: bang, beat
    • Opposites: miss, hit gently
    • Part of speech: verb
  24. Striking
    • Synonyms: noticeable, obvious
    • Opposites: inconspicuous, unremarkable
    • Part of speech: adjective
  25. Exploitation
    • Synonyms: taking advantage, making use
    • Opposites: benevolence, altruism
    • Part of speech: noun
  26. Retention
    • Synonyms: Preservation, maintenance
    • Opposites: loss, forgetfulness
    • Part of speech: noun
  27. Validation
    • Synonyms: Confirmation, approval
    • Opposites: rejection, disapproval
    • Part of speech: noun
  28. Situation
    • Synonyms: circumstances, set of circumstances
    • Opposites: chaos, disorganization
    • Part of speech: noun
  29. Forest
    • Synonyms: Woods, woodland
    • Opposites: desert, clearing
    • Part of speech: noun
  30. Portion
    • Synonyms: part, piece
    • Opposites: whole, entirety
    • Part of speech: noun
  31. Formation
    • Synonyms: emergence, coming into being
    • Opposites: destruction, disappearance, dissolution
    • Part of speech: noun
  32. Attraction
    • Synonyms: appeal, attractiveness
    • Opposites: repulsion, aversion
    • Part of speech: noun
  33. Distinction
    • Synonyms: difference, contrast
    • Opposites: similarity, uniformity
    • Part of speech: noun
  34. Instruction
    • Synonyms: order, command
    • Opposites: confusion, misguidance
    • Part of speech: noun
  35. Prestige
    • Synonyms: status, standing
    • Opposites: disrepute, obscurity
    • Part of speech: noun
  36. Champion
    • Synonyms: winner, title-holder
    • Opposites: opponent, critic
    • Part of speech: noun
  37. Composition
    • Synonyms: make-up, constitution
    • Opposites: disorganization, disarray
    • Part of speech: noun
  38. Degradation
    • Synonyms: humiliation, shame
    • Opposites: improvement, upliftment
    • Part of speech: noun
  39. Hectic
    • Synonyms: frantic, frenetic
    • Opposites: leisurely, quiet
    • Part of speech: adjective
  40. Distraction
    • Synonyms: diversion, interruption
    • Opposites: focus, concentration
    • Part of speech: noun
  41. Destination
    • Synonyms: journey's end, end of the line
    • Opposites: origin, starting point
    • Part of speech: noun
  42. Passion
    • Synonyms: affection, anger
    • Opposites: apathy, calm, calmness
    • Part of speech: noun
  43. Division
    • Synonyms: dividing, dividing up
    • Opposites: unity, integration
    • Part of speech: noun
  44. Inclusion
    • Synonyms: incorporation, addition
    • Opposites: exclusion, omission
    • Part of speech: noun
  45. Pretentious
    • Synonyms: affected, ostentatious
    • Opposites: natural, unaffected
    • Part of speech: adjective
  46. Institution
    • Synonyms: organization, establishment
    • Opposites: dismissal, defrocking, halting, cancellation, ending
    • Part of speech: noun
  47. Manipulation
    • Synonyms: Maneuvering, handling
    • Opposites: honesty, transparency
    • Part of speech: noun
  48. Dimension
    • Synonyms: proportions, measurements
    • Opposites: flatness, monodimensionality
    • Part of speech: noun
  49. Imagination
    • Synonyms: imaginative faculty, creative power
    • Opposites: reality, fact
    • Part of speech: noun
  50. Opposition
    • Synonyms: resistance, hostility
    • Opposites: support, agreement
    • Part of speech: noun
  51. Affection
    • Synonyms: fondness, love
    • Opposites: indifference, hostility
    • Part of speech: noun
  52. In practice
    • Synonyms: In reality, in action
    • Opposites: in theory, in conceptually
    • Part of speech: adverb
  53. Practise
    • Synonyms: rehearse, run through
    • Opposites: neglect, ignore
    • Part of speech: verb
  54. Practice
    • Synonyms: application, exercise
    • Opposites: neglect, theory
    • Part of speech: noun
  55. Manifestation
    • Synonyms: Display, expression
    • Opposites: concealment, hiddenness
    • Part of speech: noun