de·struc·tion 
(dĭ-strŭkshən)
(dĭ-strŭkshən)n.
1.
a. The act or process of destroying: The destruction of the house was completed in two days.
b. The condition of having been destroyed: Destruction from the tornado was extensive.
2. The cause or means of destroying: weapons that could prove to be the destruction of humankind.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēstrūctiō, dēstrūctiōn-, from dēstrūctus, past participle of dēstruere, to destroy; see DESTROY.]
- Indo-European root: gheu-
- Indo-European root: gheu(ə)-
- Indo-European root: ghos-ti-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghrebh-
- Indo-European root: ghredh-
- Indo-European root: ghrendh-
- Indo-European root: ghrē-
- Indo-European root: ghrēi-
- Indo-European root: ghwer-
- Indo-European root: ghwībh-
- Indo-European root: ghē-
- Indo-European root: gleubh-
- Indo-European root: gnō-
- Indo-European root: gr̥ə-no-
- Indo-European root: gwei-
- Indo-European root: gwelə-
- Indo-European root: gwen-
- Indo-European root: gwerə-
- Indo-European root: gwerə-
- Indo-European root: gwet-
- Indo-European root: gwhedh-
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- Indo-European root: gwher-
- Indo-European root: gwhren-