| has gloss | (noun) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
devastation, destruction |
| lexicalization | eng: destruction |
| lexicalization | eng: devastation |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
termination, ending, conclusion |
| has subclass | (noun) a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
sabotage |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of exterminating
liquidation, extermination |
| has subclass | (noun) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); "a nuclear holocaust"
holocaust |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of demolishing
demolition |
| has subclass | (noun) (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
spoliation |
| has subclass | (noun) willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
malicious mischief, hooliganism, vandalism |
| has subclass | (noun) an act that has disastrous consequences
disaster |
| has subclass | (noun) the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
kill |
| has subclass | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
ruination, ruining, wrecking, ruin, laying waste |
| has subclass | (noun) complete destruction of a building
demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing down |
| has subclass | (noun) destruction by annihilating something
annihilation, obliteration |
| has subclass | (noun) destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)
decimation |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction"
self-destruction |
| has subclass | (noun) (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)
neutralization, neutralisation |