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Destruction

n. [the act of demolishing and ruining]

destruction, devastation

n. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

end, destruction, death

n. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

destruction, demolition, wipeout

n. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

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havoc, mayhem

n. violent and needless disturbance

wreckage

n. the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked; "they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"

wrong, legal injury, damage

n. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

plundering, pillage, pillaging

n. the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

subversion, subversive activity

n. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

defeat, licking

n. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

fall, autumn

n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

capitulation, fall, surrender

n. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

wreck

n. something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck"

collapse

n. a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling

n. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

havoc, mayhem

n. violent and needless disturbance

doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world

n. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"

fall, downfall

n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

apocalypse

n. a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

personnel casualty, loss

n. military personnel lost by death or capture

calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

damage, harm, impairment

n. the occurrence of a change for the worse

misfortune, bad luck

n. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

mishap, misadventure, mischance

n. an instance of misfortune

devastation, desolation

n. an event that results in total destruction

downfall, ruin, ruination

n. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

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restoration

n. a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

creation, conception

n. the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"

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