Destruction Dɪˈstrʌkʃn Weapons Mass Seeds Property Noun Bre

• the destruction of the rainforests
• weapons of mass destruction
• a tidal wave bringing death and destruction in its wake
• the central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it).

destruction

1. the act of destroying something; the process of being destroyed
• the destruction of the rainforests
• weapons of mass destruction
• a tidal wave bringing death and destruction in its wake
• The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it).

Extra Examples

• By doubling its prices, the industry sowed the seeds of its own destruction.
• Children will quickly test their toys to destruction.
• He gasped as he saw how much destruction she had wrought with the hammer.
• He had miraculously survived the destruction of the spacecraft.
• He witnessed the destruction of most of his work in a studio fire.
• Some shopkeepers closed early to prevent the wholesale destruction of their property by the hooligans.
• The earthquake caused loss of life and property destruction.
• The tornado left a trail of destruction behind it.
• Three of the paintings escaped destruction.
• a war of mutual destruction
• modern weapons of mass destruction
• the destruction brought about by war
• the environmental destruction caused by road building
• the threat of nuclear destruction which haunts the post-war world
• the wanton destruction of public property
• those who seek the destruction of our way of life

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Latin destructio(n-), from the verb destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere ‘build’.