Synonyms & Antonyms : Destruction





Destruction



( Noun )


The destruction of a town in earthquake in Iraq bitterly goes into our memory lane.

Synonyms:

Devastation

Demolition

Desolation

Annihilation

Subversion

Contextual Examples:

The storm has caused unprecedented devastation of the city.

Demolition of unauthorized houses was withheld at the instance of the Mayor of the city.

Desolation of towns on the borders is a common sign of the coming war.

Annihilation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has put a great check on warlike tendencies in man.

He was acquitted by the Court because the charge of subversion and sabotage leveled against him could not be proved.



Antonyms:

Creation

Production

Making

Construction

Contextual Examples:

All the beauty of nature, including mankind, is the creation of God.

The production of food grains has picked up since independence.

Education through doing helps making the character of the young.

The local government has undertaken the construction of a new industrial estate.




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