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destruction:
- destruction; démolition; dévastation; ravage; perdition; perte; ruine
Wiktionary:
- destruction → destruction, abaissement, annihilation
- destruction → déstruction, destruction, dévastation

English

Detailed Translations for destruction from English to French

destruction:

destruction [the ~] nom

the destruction (demolition)
la destruction; la démolition
- destruction [la ~] nom
- démolition [la ~] nom
the destruction (demolition; devastation; havoc; ravage)
la destruction; la dévastation; le ravage
- destruction [la ~] nom
- dévastation [la ~] nom
- ravage [le ~] nom
the destruction
la perdition; la perte; la ruine
- perdition [la ~] nom
- perte [la ~] nom
- ruine [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for destruction:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
destruction	demolition; destruction; devastation; havoc; ravage	breaking-up; demolition; disadvantage; dismantling; downfall; drawback; ruin
démolition	demolition; destruction	breaking-up; demolition; dismantling
dévastation	demolition; destruction; devastation; havoc; ravage
perdition	destruction
perte	destruction	bereavement; contra; damage; defeat; demerit; detriment; disadvantage; harm; harming; injury; let down; loss; suffering
ravage	demolition; destruction; devastation; havoc; ravage	labyrinth; maze
ruine	destruction	derelict; disadvantage; downfall; drawback; heap o rubbish; misfit; reject; ruin; ruins; wreck
-	death; demolition; devastation; end; wipeout
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	annihilation

Synonyms for "destruction":

devastation; termination; ending; conclusion
demolition; wipeout; finish
end; death; state

Related Definitions for "destruction":

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists¹
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something¹
a final state¹

Wiktionary Translations for destruction:

destruction

noun

act of destroying
- destruction → destruction

destruction

noun

action d’abaisser, de s’abaisser, ou résultat de cette action.
- abaissement → lowering; pulling down; dropping; reduction; dip; abasement; humiliation; fall; subsidence; sinking; cut; couching; prolapse; derogation; decay; destruction; ruin; adversity; failure; abatement; decrease; diminishment; curtailment; retrenchment; descent; decrepitude; abjection; abjectness; degradation; demotion; disrating; relegation; reduction to the ranks; deterioration
action d’annihiler.
- annihilation → annihilation; destruction
action de détruire, au propre et au figuré.
- destruction → destruction

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• destruction	→ déstruction	↔ vernietiging — einde maken aan het bestaan van iets
• destruction	→ destruction	↔ destructie — vernietiging
• destruction	→ destruction	↔ Zerstörung — die Handlung, etwas zu zerstören (kaputt zu machen)
• destruction	→ dévastation	↔ Zerstörung — der Zustand einer Sache, die zerstört wurde

External Machine Translations:

Related Translations for destruction

weapon of mass destruction

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University