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Synonyms for destruction:


noun demolition, devastation

annihilation
carnage
elimination
eradication
extermination
extinction
loss
massacre
murder
ruin
slaughter
abolition
bane
crushing
dissolving
downfall
end
extinguishing
extirpation
havoc
invalidation
liquidation
overthrow
ravaging
ruination
sacking
shattering
slaying
subjugation
subversion
undoing
wreckage
wrecking
abolishing
assassinating
crashing
disintegrating
disrupting
invalidating
subverting

Examples of uses:

I have agreed to function as a member of your crew, but I will not be a willing participant in my own destruction or the destruction of this ship.
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We know how sensitive he is to mission objectives and now you're telling me to program him for the destruction of the Discovery as well as his own destruction.
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What's the difference between that mass destruction and the mass destruction over at Columbine High School?
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I'm going to be your destruction, my friend. Your destruction.
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I cannot be a party to destruction. What about the destruction of a family?
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You had a theory involving the impulse towards destruction and self-destruction, losing oneself.
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Luther didn't approve of destruction, even the destruction of images.
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There was the imminent danger of destruction, the destruction of the city of jerusalem, the destruction of the temple in jerusalem.
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The destruction of a black... - Don't you talk to me about destruction!
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Creation, transubstantiation, destruction. It's stressful.
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