Thesaurus:destruction

Thesaurus

destruction

English

Noun

Sense: reduction to nothing

Synonyms

• annihilation
• demolition
• destruction
• elimination
• eradication
• extermination
• extinguishment
• extirpation
• obliteration
• razing
• uprooting
• wiping out

Antonyms

• creation
• building    [⇒ thesaurus]
• making
• production
• rebuilding
• recovery

See also

• Thesaurus:destroy
• Thesaurus:disaster
• Thesaurus:killing

Further reading

• “162. destruction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “destruction” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.