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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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