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Noun
S:
(n)
annihilation
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obliteration
(destruction by annihilating something)
S:
(n)
annihilation
,
disintegration
(total destruction)
"bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
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S:
(n)
destruction
,
demolition
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wipeout
(an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
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full hyponym
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
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depredation
((usually plural) a destructive action)
"the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
S:
(n)
razing
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wrecking
(the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)
S:
(n)
ruin
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ruination
(an event that results in destruction)
S:
(n)
wrack
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rack
(the destruction or collapse of something)
"wrack and ruin"
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derivationally related form
derivationally related form