destruction

noun

/dɪˈstrʌkʃn/

[uncountable]

Word Family

destroy verb
destroyer noun
destruction noun
destructive adjective
indestructible adjective

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the act of destroying something; the process of being destroyed
- the destruction of the rainforests
- a tidal wave bringing death and destruction in its wake
- The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it).
see also self-destruction, weapon of mass destruction
Extra Examples
- By doubling its prices, the industry sowed the seeds of its own destruction.
- Children will quickly test their toys to destruction.
- He gasped as he saw how much destruction she had wrought with the hammer.
- He had miraculously survived the destruction of the spacecraft.
- He witnessed the destruction of most of his work in a studio fire.
- Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans.
- The earthquake caused loss of life and property destruction.
- The tornado left a trail of destruction behind it.
- Three of the paintings escaped destruction.
- a war of mutual destruction
- the destruction brought about by war
- the environmental destruction caused by road building
- the threat of nuclear destruction which haunts the post-war world
- the wanton destruction of public property
- those who seek the destruction of our way of life
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complete
- total
- utter
- …
verb + destruction
- bring (about)
- cause
- lead to
- …
phrases
- leave a trail of destruction
- the seeds of destruction
- test something to destruction
- …
See full entry
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin destructio(n-), from the verb destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere ‘build’.

单词	destruction
释义	destruction noun /dɪˈstrʌkʃn/ /dɪˈstrʌkʃn/ [uncountable] Word Family destroy verb destroyer noun destruction noun destructive adjective indestructible adjective jump to other results the act of destroying something; the process of being destroyed the destruction of the rainforests a tidal wave bringing death and destruction in its wake The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it). see also self-destruction, weapon of mass destruction Extra Examples By doubling its prices, the industry sowed the seeds of its own destruction. Children will quickly test their toys to destruction. He gasped as he saw how much destruction she had wrought with the hammer. He had miraculously survived the destruction of the spacecraft. He witnessed the destruction of most of his work in a studio fire. Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans. The earthquake caused loss of life and property destruction. The tornado left a trail of destruction behind it. Three of the paintings escaped destruction. a war of mutual destruction the destruction brought about by war the environmental destruction caused by road building the threat of nuclear destruction which haunts the post-war world the wanton destruction of public property those who seek the destruction of our way of life Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective complete total utter … verb + destruction bring (about) cause lead to … phrases leave a trail of destruction the seeds of destruction test something to destruction … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin destructio(n-), from the verb destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere ‘build’.
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