destruction

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• /dəsˈtɹʌkʃən/ weak vowel merger
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• rhymes with -ʌkʃən
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Inherited from Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem.

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shkatërrim — act of destroying
• Arabic: تَدْمِير (tadmīr) — act of destroying
• Arabic: هَدْم (hadm) — act of destroying
• Arabic: تَلَف (talaf) — act of destroying
• Belarusian: руйнава́нне (rujnavánnje) — act of destroying
• Belarusian: разбурэ́нне (razburénnje) — act of destroying
• Belarusian: знішчэ́нне (zniščénnje) — act of destroying
• Bulgarian: разруше́ние (razrušénie) — act of destroying
• Bulgarian: унищоже́ние (uništožénie) — act of destroying
• Catalan: destrucció — act of destroying
• Chinese Mandarin: 毀滅 /毁灭 (huǐmiè) — act of destroying
• Chinese Mandarin: 破壞 /破坏 (pòhuài) — act of destroying
• Czech: destrukce — act of destroying
• Czech: zničení — act of destroying
• Czech: zmar — act of destroying
• Danish: ødelæggelse — act of destroying
• Dutch: vernietiging — act of destroying
• Esperanto: detruo — act of destroying
• Finnish: tuhoaminen — act of destroying
• Finnish: hävitys — act of destroying
• Finnish: hävittäminen — act of destroying
• French: destruction — act of destroying
• Galician: destrución — act of destroying
• Georgian: განადგურება (ganadgureba) — act of destroying
• Georgian: დანგრევა (dangreva) — act of destroying
• German: Zerstörung — act of destroying
• German: Vernichtung — act of destroying
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (fralusts) — act of destroying
• Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (qisteins) — act of destroying
• Greek: καταστροφή (katastrofí) — act of destroying
• Greek: συντριβή (syntriví) — act of destroying
• Greek: αφανισμός (afanismós) — act of destroying
• Greek: χαλασμός (chalasmós) — act of destroying
• Greek: κατεδάφιση (katedáfisi) — act of destroying
• Greek: κατάλυση (katálysi) — act of destroying
• Ancient Greek: ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) — act of destroying
• Ancient Greek: ὄλεθρος (ólethros) — act of destroying
• Ancient Greek: λοιγός (loigós) — act of destroying
• Hausa: ɓarna — act of destroying
• Hebrew: הריסה (harisá) — act of destroying
• Hebrew: הרס (héres) — act of destroying
• Hebrew: הַשְׁמָדָה (hashmadá) — act of destroying
• Hebrew: חֻרְבָּן (khurbán) — act of destroying
• Hindi: नाश (nāś) — act of destroying
• Hindi: विनाश (vināś) — act of destroying
• Hindi: ध्वंस (dhvans) — act of destroying
• Hindi: विध्वंस (vidhvans) — act of destroying
• Icelandic: eyðilegging — act of destroying
• Irish: loitiméireacht — act of destroying
• Irish: líomhadh — act of destroying
• Irish: eirleach — act of destroying
• Irish: urbhaidh — act of destroying
• Irish: argain — act of destroying
• Italian: distruzione — act of destroying
• Japanese: 破壊 (hakai) — act of destroying
• Japanese: 破棄 (haki) — act of destroying
• Japanese: 湮滅 (inmetsu) — act of destroying
• Kazakh: ойран (oiran) — act of destroying
• Kazakh: талқандау (talqandau) — act of destroying
• Kazakh: жою (joü) — act of destroying
• Korean: 파괴 (pagoe) — act of destroying
• Korean: 멸망 (myeolmang) — act of destroying
• Central Kurdish: ناھێشتن (nahêştin) — act of destroying
• Central Kurdish: وێرانی (wêranî) — act of destroying
• Lao: ການທໍາລາຍ (kān tham lāi) — act of destroying
• Latin: destructio — act of destroying
• Latin: exitium — act of destroying
• Latin: clādes — act of destroying
• Macedonian: уништување (uništuvanje) — act of destroying
• Malayalam: സംഹാരം (saṁhāraṁ) — act of destroying
• Malayalam: നശിപ്പിക്കൽ (naśippikkal) — act of destroying
• Māori: whakangaromanga — act of destroying
• Māori: whakamōtītanga — act of destroying
• Māori: turakanga — act of destroying
• Māori: anea — act of destroying
• Māori: kore — act of destroying
• Māori: whakamōtī — act of destroying
• Māori: urupatu — act of destroying
• Māori: ngaromanga — act of destroying
• Māori: orotā — act of destroying
• Māori: takakino — act of destroying
• Māori: aneatanga — act of destroying
• Marathi: नाश (nāś) — act of destroying
• Marathi: विनाश (vināś) — act of destroying
• Middle English: destruccioun — act of destroying
• Norwegian Bokmål: ødeleggelse — act of destroying
• Occitan: destruccion — act of destroying
• Old Church Slavonic: пагоуба (paguba) — act of destroying
• Old English: spild — act of destroying
• Pali: atipāta — act of destroying
• Persian: تخریب (taxrib) — act of destroying
• Polish: niszczenie — act of destroying
• Polish: zniszczenie — act of destroying
• Polish: destrukcja — act of destroying
• Portuguese: destruição — act of destroying
• Romanian: distrugere — act of destroying
• Russian: разруше́ние (razrušénije) — act of destroying
• Russian: уничтоже́ние (uničtožénije) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: नाश (nāśa) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: विनाश (vināśa) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: भङ्ग (bhaṅga) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: संहार (saṃhāra) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: निधन (nidhana) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: विभङ्ग (vibhaṅga) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: विध्वंश (vidhvaṃśa) — act of destroying
• Sanskrit: विघटन (vighaṭana) — act of destroying
• Scottish Gaelic: milleadh — act of destroying
• Serbo-Croatian: униште́ње — act of destroying
• Serbo-Croatian: uništénje — act of destroying
• Sicilian: distruzziuni — act of destroying
• Slovak: zničenie — act of destroying
• Slovene: uničenje — act of destroying
• Lower Sorbian: pótopjenje — act of destroying
• Lower Sorbian: wopusćenje — act of destroying
• Spanish: destrucción — act of destroying
• Spanish: escante — act of destroying
• Spanish: excidio — act of destroying
• Swahili: uharibifu — act of destroying
• Swahili: maangamizi — act of destroying
• Swahili: ubomoaji — act of destroying
• Swedish: förstörelse — act of destroying
• Swedish: ödeläggelse — act of destroying
• Tajik: тахриб (taxrib) — act of destroying
• Thai: การทําลาย — act of destroying
• Tocharian B: nkelñe — act of destroying
• Turkish: izmihlal — act of destroying
• Turkish: harap etme — act of destroying
• Turkish: tahribat — act of destroying
• Turkish: yıkma — act of destroying
• Turkish: yok etme — act of destroying
• Ottoman Turkish: افنا (ifna) — act of destroying
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎎𐎚 (ṣmt) — act of destroying
• Ukrainian: руйнува́ння (rujnuvánnja) — act of destroying
• Ukrainian: зни́щення (znýščennja) — act of destroying
• Urdu: تباہی (tabāhī) — act of destroying
• Welsh: aball — act of destroying
• Yiddish: אומקום (umkum) — act of destroying
• Belarusian: руйнава́нне (rujnavánnje) — results of a destructive event
• Bulgarian: разрушение (razrušenie) — results of a destructive event
• Catalan: destrucció — results of a destructive event
• Chinese Mandarin: 毀滅 /毁灭 (huǐmiè) — results of a destructive event
• Chinese Mandarin: 破壞 /破坏 (pòhuài) — results of a destructive event
• Czech: zkáza — results of a destructive event
• Esperanto: detruado — results of a destructive event
• Esperanto: detruo — results of a destructive event
• Finnish: tuho — results of a destructive event
• Finnish: hävitys — results of a destructive event
• Galician: destrución — results of a destructive event
• German: Zerstörung — results of a destructive event
• Greek: καταστροφή (katastrofí) — results of a destructive event
• Hindi: विनाश (vināś) — results of a destructive event
• Icelandic: eyðilegging — results of a destructive event
• Italian: distruzione — results of a destructive event
• Japanese: 潰滅 (kaimetsu) — results of a destructive event
• Japanese: 滅亡 (metsubō) — results of a destructive event
• Japanese: 倒壊 (tōkai) — results of a destructive event
• Kazakh: жойылу (joiylu) — results of a destructive event
• Kazakh: талқандалу (talqandalu) — results of a destructive event
• Kazakh: қиратылу (qiratylu) — results of a destructive event
• Malayalam: നാശം (nāśaṁ) — results of a destructive event
• Māori: whakamōtītanga — results of a destructive event
• Marathi: नाश (nāś) — results of a destructive event
• Marathi: विनाश (vināś) — results of a destructive event
• Middle English: destruccioun — results of a destructive event
• Polish: zniszczenie — results of a destructive event
• Polish: niszczenie — results of a destructive event
• Polish: destrukcja — results of a destructive event
• Portuguese: destruição — results of a destructive event
• Romanian: distrugere — results of a destructive event
• Russian: разруше́ния (razrušénija) — results of a destructive event
• Sanskrit: नाश (nāśa) — results of a destructive event
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — results of a destructive event
• Scottish Gaelic: milleadh — results of a destructive event
• Spanish: destrucción — results of a destructive event
• Spanish: escante — results of a destructive event
• Swedish: förstörelse — results of a destructive event
• Swedish: ödeläggelse — results of a destructive event
• Tocharian B: nautalñe — results of a destructive event
• Turkish: yıkım — results of a destructive event
• Turkish: harabiyet — results of a destructive event
• Turkish: tahribat — results of a destructive event
• Ukrainian: руйнува́ння (rujnuvánnja) — results of a destructive event
• Urdu: تباہی (tabāhī) — results of a destructive event