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destruction: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

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slaying collapse

mercy killing collapse

euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

bloodbath collapse: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

carnage collapse

extermination collapse: the act of exterminating

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

depredate collapse

immolation collapse: killing or offering as a sacrifice

decimate collapse: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

swallow up collapse

martyrdom collapse: death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause

lay waste collapse

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

bloodshed collapse: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

engorge collapse

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

wreak havoc collapse

holocaust collapse: an act of great destruction and loss of life; the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

wrack collapse: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore; the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

Waterloo collapse: the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon; a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"; a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

vaporize collapse

maiming collapse

wrack and ruin collapse

suicide collapse: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"; a person who kills himself intentionally

upheave collapse: lift forcefully from beneath

devastation collapse: an event that results in total destruction; the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"; the state of being decayed or destroyed

divestment collapse

bereavement collapse

forfeiture collapse

mayhem collapse: the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

weapon collapse: any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"; a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

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