Noun

• S: (n) destruction, devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
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• S: (n) destruction, demolition, wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
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• S: (n) annihilation, disintegration (total destruction) "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
• S: (n) eradication, obliteration (the complete destruction of every trace of something)
• S: (n) ravage, depredation ((usually plural) a destructive action) "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
• S: (n) razing, wrecking (the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)
• S: (n) ruin, ruination (an event that results in destruction)
• S: (n) wrack, rack (the destruction or collapse of something) "wrack and ruin"
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• S: (n) end, destruction, death (a final state) "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
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• S: (n) state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes) "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
• S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
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