destruction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: destruction	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for destruction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
destruction n the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists Synonym(s): destruction, devastation an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something Synonym(s): destruction, demolition, wipeout a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" Synonym(s): end, destruction, death
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Destruction \Destruc"tion\, n. [L. destructio: cf. F. destruction. See {Destroy}.] 1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. --Esth. ix. 5. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction* dwell in doubtful joy. --Shak. Destruction of venerable establishment. --Hallam. 2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated. This town came to destruction. --Chaucer. Thou castedst them down into destruction. --Ps. lxxiii. 18. 2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer. The destruction that wasteth at noonday. --Ps. xci. 6. Syn: Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation; extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall; extermination; havoc; ruin.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Destruction in Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.