Noun

• S: (n) razing, wrecking (the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) destruction, demolition, wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
• 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"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing (complete destruction of a building)

Verb

• S: (v) level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down (tear down so as to make flat with the ground) "The building was levelled"