de·struc·tion 
(dĭ-strŭkshən)
(dĭ-strŭkshən)n.
1.
a. The act or process of destroying: The destruction of the house was completed in two days.
b. The condition of having been destroyed: Destruction from the tornado was extensive.
2. The cause or means of destroying: weapons that could prove to be the destruction of humankind.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēstrūctiō, dēstrūctiōn-, from dēstrūctus, past participle of dēstruere, to destroy; see DESTROY.]
- magnetic north pole
- magnetic permeability
- magnetic pole
- magnetic potential
- magnetic pyrites
- magnetic quantum number
- magnetic recording
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic reversal
- magnetic south
- magnetic south pole
- magnetic storm
- magnetic tape
- magnetic variation
- magnetism
- magnetite
- magnetizable
- magnetization
- magnetize
- magnetizer
- magneto
- magneto-
- magnetoacoustics
- magnetoelectric