destruction

1. The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (synset 100217881)
   is a type of: conclusion, ending, termination - the act of ending something
   subtypes:

   • disaster - an act that has disastrous consequences
   • kill - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
   • laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking - destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
   • demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing down - complete destruction of a building
   • annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something
   • decimation - destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
   • self-destruction - the act of destroying yourself
   • neutralisation, neutralization - (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)
   • sabotage - a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
   • extermination, liquidation - the act of exterminating
   • holocaust - an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
   • demolition - the act of demolishing
   • spoliation - (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
   • hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism - willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
   same as: devastation
2. An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (synset 107349090)
   is a type of: conclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something
   subtypes:

   • annihilation, disintegration - total destruction
   • eradication, obliteration - the complete destruction of every trace of something
   • depredation, ravage - (usually plural) a destructive action
   • razing, wrecking - the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
   • ruin, ruination - an event that results in destruction
   • rack, wrack - the destruction or collapse of something
   same as: demolition, wipeout
3. A final state (synset 114586552)
   "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   same as: death, end

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