destruction

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
noun an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
noun a final state

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

"It was destruction," he said. — The Green Mouse, Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Do you call that destruction? — The Reign of Greed, José Rizal
Wickedness not the Cause of Destruction. — Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, Trumbull White

devastation

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