destruction

Synonyms

• devastationthe state of being decayed or destroyed ; the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; an event that results in total destruction ; plundering with excessive damage and destruction ; the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Synonyms

• demolitionan event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something ; the act of demolishing
• wipeoutan event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something ; a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

• "he came to a bad end"
• "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

Synonyms

• endhave an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; bring to an end or halt; be the end of; put an end to; either extremity of something that has length; the point in time at which something ends; the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence; the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; a final part or section; a final state; the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object; (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage; a boundary marking the extremities of something; one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; the part you are expected to play; the last section of a communication; a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold ; (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
• deaththe event of dying or departure from life; the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; the absence of life or state of being dead; the time when something ends; the time at which life ends; the personification of death; a final state; the act of killing