3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Destruction \De*struc"tion\, n. [L. destructio: cf F.
destruction. See {Destroy}.]
1. The act of destroying; a tearing down a bringing to
naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying;
devastation.
The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of
the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. --Esth.
ix 5.
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by
destruction dwell in doubtful joy. --Shak.
Destruction of venerable establishment. --Hallam.
2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain,
or devastated.
This town came to destruction. --Chaucer.
Thou castedst them down into destruction. --Ps.
lxxiii. 18.
2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a
destroyer.
The destruction that wasteth at noonday. --Ps. xci.
6.
Syn: Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation;
extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall;
extermination; havoc; ruin.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
destruction
n 1: termination by an act of destruction [syn: {devastation}]
2: an event that destroys something [syn: {demolition}]
3: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: {end},
{death}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Destruction
in Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the
dead.
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