nnoun.actthe termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer existsSynset:devastation
Derivationally Related Form:devastatedestroy
Hypernyms:conclusion ending termination
Inherited Hypernyms:destructionterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:annihilationdecimationdemolishingdemolitiondisasterexterminationholocausthooliganismkilllaying wastelevelingliquidationmalicious mischiefneutralisationneutralizationobliterationrazingruinruinationruiningsabotageself-destructionspoliationtearing downvandalismwrecking
Full Hyponyms:annihilationatomizationbombingdecimationdemolitiondisasterexterminationholocaustkilllaying wasteneutralizationpulverizationrazingsabotageself-destructionspoliationsuicide bombingvandalismvaporization
nnoun.eventan event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys somethingSynset:demolition wipeout
Derivationally Related Form:wipe outdemolishdestroy
Hypernyms:conclusion ending finish
Inherited Hypernyms:destructionendinghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:annihilationdepredationdisintegrationeradicationobliterationrackravagerazingruinruinationwrackwrecking
Full Hyponyms:annihilationdevastationeradicationextinctionravagerazingruinshipwreckwrack
nnoun.statea final stateSynset:death end
Examples:- he came to a bad end
- the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
Derivationally Related Form:dieend
Hypernyms:state
Inherited Hypernyms:endstateattributeabstractionentity