de·struc·tion
Pronounced:
/dɪˈstrʌkʃən/
Function:
nounMeaning:
[noncount] : the act or process of damaging something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired : the act or process of destroying something ▪ a scene of destruction ▪ War results in death and widespread destruction. ▪ We are trying to save the building from destruction. ▪ weapons of mass destruction [=weapons that can destroy entire buildings, cities, etc.] ▪ His phenomenal success carried within it the seeds of its own destruction. [=the thing that made him successful eventually caused him to fail] —often + of ▪ the destruction of documents/evidence ▪ The storm caused the destruction of many homes. —see also self-destruction