destruction (n)
devastation (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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Hypernym termination, ending, conclusion
Derivationally related form devastation → devastate
Derivationally related form destruction → destroy; destruction → destroy
Hyponym disaster; kill; laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking; razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing; annihilation, obliteration; decimation; self-destruction; neutralization, neutralisation; sabotage; extermination, liquidation; holocaust; demolition; spoliation; vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief
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Hyponym termination, ending, conclusion
Hypernym disaster; kill; laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking; razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing; annihilation, obliteration; decimation; self-destruction; neutralization, neutralisation; sabotage; extermination, liquidation; holocaust; demolition; spoliation; vandalism, hooliganism, malicious mischief
Derivationally related form devastate → devastation
Derivationally related form destroy → destruction; destroy → destruction

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