English-Thai Dictionary

destruction

N การ ทำลาย  ภาวะ ที่ ถูก ทำลาย  annihilation eradication creation generation kan-tam-lai

 

destruction

N วิธีทำ ลาย  สาเหตุ ของ การ ทำลาย  wi-te-tam-lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESTRUCTION

n. 1. The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever means; as the destruction of buildings, or of towns. Destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any theing; that form of parts which constitues it what it is; as the destruction of grass or herbage by eating; of a forest, by cutting down the trees; or it denotes a total annihilation; as the destruction of a particular government; the destruction of happiness.
2. Death; murder; slaughter; massacre.
There was a deadly destruction throughout all the city. 1 Samuel 5:11.
3. Ruin.
Destruction and misery are in their ways. Romans 3:16.
4. Eternal death.
Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction. Matthew 7:13.
5. Cause of destruction; a consuming plague; a destroyer.
The destruction that wasteth at noon-day. Psalm 91:6.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESTRUCTION

De *struc "tion, n. Etym: [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.

 

DESTRUCTIONIST

DESTRUCTIONIST De *struc "tion *ist, n.

 

1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.

 

2. (Theol.)

 

Defn: One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

destruction

de struc tion |diˈstrəkSHən dəˈstrəkʃən | ▶noun the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired: the destruction of the library in Alexandria | the avalanche left a trail of destruction. • the action or process of killing or being killed: the wanton destruction of human life. • [ in sing. ] a cause of someone's ruin: gambling was his destruction. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin destructio (n- ), from the verb destruere (see destroy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

destruction

de |struc ¦tion |dɪˈstrʌkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired: the destruction of the rainforest | the avalanche left a trail of destruction. • the action or process of killing or being killed: the wanton destruction of human life. • [ in sing. ] a cause of someone's ruin: gambling was his destruction. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin destructio (n- ), from the verb destruere (see destroy ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

destruction

destruction noun 1 the destruction by allied bombers: demolition, wrecking, ruination, blasting, bombing; wreckage, ruins. 2 the destruction of the countryside: devastation, ruination, blighting, disfigurement, impairment, scarring, harm, desolation. 3 the destruction of cattle: slaughter, killing, putting down, extermination, termination. 4 the destruction of the enemies' forces: annihilation, obliteration, elimination, eradication, liquidation; killing, slaughter, massacre, extermination.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

destruction

destruction noun 1 journalists reported considerable destruction within the town by allied bombers: demolition, knocking down, pulling down, tearing down, levelling, razing (to the ground ), felling, dismantling, breaking up, wrecking, ruination, smashing, shattering, blasting, blowing up, dynamiting, bombing, torpedoing. 2 the continuing destruction of the countryside: spoliation, devastation, spoiling, ruination, wrecking, blighting, marring, disfigurement, impairment, defacing, scarring, injury, harm, laying waste, desolation, ravaging; literary wasting. 3 the destruction of BSE-infected cattle: killing, killing off, putting down, putting to sleep, slaughter, slaughtering, extermination, termination. 4 the careful and strategic destruction of the enemies' forces: annihilation, wiping out, obliteration, elimination, eradication, liquidation, extinction, finishing off, rooting out, extirpation; killing, slaughter, slaughtering, massacre, massacring, butchery, butchering, extermination, decimation; informal taking out, rubbing out, snuffing out, zapping; N. Amer. informal wasting.

 

French Dictionary

destruction

destruction n. f. nom féminin Action de détruire, de faire disparaître; son résultat. : La destruction d ’un vieil immeuble. ANTONYME construction ; création .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

destruction

de struc tion /dɪstrʌ́kʃ (ə )n /→destroy 名詞 U 1 a. 破壊 (する [される ]こと ), 破壊行為 (↔construction ); 破滅状態 ▸ weapons of mass destruction 大量破壊 [殺戮 （さつりく ）]兵器 ▸ the destruction of the environment ≒the environmental destruction 環境破壊 ▸ War causes death and destruction .戦争は死と破滅をもたらす b. (記録 文書 証拠などを )破棄すること .2 〖A's ～〗A 〈人 〉の破滅の原因 ▸ Drug use was his destruction .麻薬の使用が彼の破滅の原因だった ～ist 名詞 C 破壊主義者 .