destruction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of destroying.

   The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.

2. 2
   noun

   The results of a destructive event.

   Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.

3. 3
   noun

   A group of feral cats.

   A group of wild cats is called a destruction.

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

   a final state

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem.