Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Destruction means causing something to be severely damaged or completely ruined.
Destruction
/dɪˈstrʌkʃən/Synonyms:
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Examples:
We rain destruction down on the Patriarch!"
"Our goal is not destruction, Grent," Victor corrects.
Exposure and destruction for Clyde.
Etymology:
From Latin destructionem (nominative destructio), meaning a pulling down, from the 3rd singular of destruere - to tear down, demolish, lay waste, from de- expressing reversal + struere to pile, build.
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