Destruction Synonyms

58 destruction synonyms include demolition, knocking down, pulling down, tearing down, levelling, razing (to the ground), felling, and wrecking. Destruction is a noun, and its antonyms are creation and construction. Here are some additional synonyms for "destruction" with example sentences.

Another word for Destruction

58 other ways to say destruction.

1. demolition

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

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

destruction can lead to rebirth.

Environmental destruction is an abomination.

The storm caused widespread destruction.

War brings only pain and destruction.