Antonyms for destruction

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-struhk-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrʌk ʃən

Definition of destruction

Origin : early 14c., from Old French destruction (12c.) and directly from Latin destructionem (nominative destructio) "a pulling down, destruction," from past participle stem of destruere "tear down" (see destroy).

noun demolition, devastation

Example sentences :

This time the Romans decided to be thorough in their work of destruction.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The unfit brought in for strength are weakness and destruction.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

When the fire was vanquished, it had practically completed its work of destruction.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home

As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

All that fiendish cruelty and the demon of destruction could do was done.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Amid the din and dust little but destruction can be discerned.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

He urged them to rise and join in the destruction of the white invaders.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

We know right from wrong because the destruction is plain in human experience.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

Dumb with fright, the boys stood and looked at the destruction.
Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri

Let us realize with holy satisfaction the destruction of Satanic power.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

Synonyms for destruction

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