destructionn.

/dɪˈstrʌkʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English destruccioun, (Middle English destruxion, destructyoun; Middle English–1500s dis-, Middle English dys-.

Etymology: < Old French destructiun (12th cent.), -cion, -tion (modern French dé- ) = Provençal destruccio , Spanish destruccion , Italian distruzione , < Latin dēstructiōn-em , noun of action fromdēstruĕre to destroy v.

The action of destroying; the fact or condition of being destroyed: the opposite of construction.

a. The action of demolishing a building or structure of any kind, of pulling to pieces, reducing to fragments, undoing, wasting, rendering useless, putting an end to, or doing away with anything material or immaterial; demolition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun]

end832

bale-sithea1000

wrakea1275

wonderc1275

destroyingc1300

destruction1340

contritionc1384

stroying1396

undoing1398

tininga1400

ruinc1425

fatec1430

fordoingc1450

perishing?1523

shipwreck1526

pernicion?1530

ruining1562

ruinating1587

defeasance1590

defeature1592

breakneck1598

ruination1599

defeat1600

doom1609

planet-striking1611

mismaking1615

rasurea1616

destructa1638

perition1640

interemption1656

smashing1821

degrowth1876

uncreation1884

creative destruction1927

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4049 Aftir þe destruccion sal be Of þe empyre of Rome.

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 138 In destruccioun of mawmetrye And in encresse of Cristes lawe deere, They ben acordid.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvi. 74 He asked þe destruccioun and þe vndoyng of his order.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xi. 158 That after the first destruxion of the world ther shold be other peple.

1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 19/2 He prophecyed the dystrucyon of Jerusalem.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bij^v The destruction of the citie of Aden.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 176 If she confesse that she was halfe the wooer, Destruction lite on me, if my bad blame Light on the man.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 233 There should be no more an universall destruction of the world by Water.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 25 There is no Presumption, that the Dissolution of the Body, is the Destruction of our present reflecting Powers.

1813 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. i. 3 Theory of the formation and destruction of clouds.

1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) i. iv. 24 The work of repairing so great a destruction of muscle.

b. The action of ravaging or laying waste; havoc, ruin. Obsolete (as distinct from the main sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation

harryingc900

harrowingc1000

wastinga1300

destructionc1330

harryc1330

wastenessa1382

wastitya1382

desolation1382

unroningnessa1400

wrackc1407

exile1436

havoc1480

hership1487

vastation1545

vastitude1545

sackc1550

population1552

waste1560

ravishment1570

riotingc1580

pull-down1588

desolating1591

degast1592

devastation1603

ravage1611

wracking1611

ravagement1766

herriment1787

carnage1848

wastage1909

enhavocking-

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 202 Destruction he makes of rentes and feez.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 416 He..said, i had, ogayne resowne, Done him grete destrucciowne.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxxxiv. 114 He did grete destruction to holy chirche.

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1286 Of his realme the opin distruccioune.

c. The action of putting to death, slaughter; now chiefly said of multitudes of people or animals, and of noxious creatures.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun]

sleightc893

wal-slaught?a900

qualeeOE

deathOE

swordc1000

morthOE

slaughta1225

destroyingc1300

drepingc1300

martyrdomc1325

murderc1325

mortc1330

sleighterc1330

slaughter1338

iron and firea1387

murraina1387

manslaughtera1400

martyre?a1400

quella1425

occision?a1430

decease1513

destruction1526

slaughting1535

butchery?1536

butchering1572

massacrea1578

slaughterdom1592

slaughtering1597

carnage1600

massacring1600

slaughtery1604

internecion1610

decimationa1613

destroy1616

trucidation1623

stragea1632

sword-wrack1646

interemption1656

carnifice1657

panolethry1668

butcher work1808

bloodbath1814

populicide1824

man-slaughtering1851

battue1864

mass murder1917

genocide1944

overkill1957

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bii^v The destruccion of Pharao & all his host.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. ix. 53 I looked round for the instrument of destruction.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 22 Snodgrass bore under his [cloak] the instruments of destruction.

1895 N.E.D. at Destruction Mod. Rewards for the destruction of beasts of prey.

d. personified.

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxviii. 20 Destruccion [ Wyclif perdicioun] & death saie, we haue herde tell of her with oure eares.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 77 To push destruction, and perpetuall shame Out of the weake doore of our fainting Land.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 112 Quench thou his light, Destruction dark!

2. The fact, condition, or state of being destroyed; ruin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > state of being destroyed or ruined

lossc897

losingc950

lore971

destructionc1330

forlesing1340

lostc1374

undoing1377

perditiona1382

shendc1400

decay1535

rack1599

undoneness1835

wanthrift1929

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 6078 Wende we wille to þe douk Otoun, And bring him to destruccioun.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 6 She thanked God humbly that had kepte her from shame and distruccion.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 204 To put hym to destruccione.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. x. B Y^e mouth of y^e foolish is nye destruccion.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 137 All this mighty Host In horrible destruction laid thus low.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 91 When the Prince heard their words, he felt assured of destruction.

3. A cause or means of destruction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > cause of

lossc1386

undoing1390

ruinc1480

destruction1529

stumbling-block1535

fall1593

perdition1649

1529 T. Magnus Let. 13 Feb. (Calig. B.ii) f. 83^v The said Armestronges avaunted thaym selves to be the destruccion of twoe and fifty parisshe churches in Scotteland.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xcix^v Not forseyng before, that this preferment should be his destruccion.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. x. 15 The destruction of the poore is their pouertie.

1798 Anti-Jacobin 7 May 206/1 Watch the bright destruction as it flies.

1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics iv. 58 The deplorable mistake which was likely to prove the destruction of the whole family.

†4. plural = Ruins. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition > a ruin or wreck > ruins

tatter1402

ash1553

downfall1575

destruction1585

parietines1621

masure1623

detriments1632

wreck1713

wrecking1855

lagan1906

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xxi. 26 b Neere that are the destructions of a high tower, which in times past was..the great temple.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	destruction
释义	destructionn. /dɪˈstrʌkʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English destruccioun, (Middle English destruxion, destructyoun; Middle English–1500s dis-, Middle English dys-. Etymology: < Old French destructiun (12th cent.), -cion, -tion (modern French dé- ) = Provençal destruccio , Spanish destruccion , Italian distruzione , < Latin dēstructiōn-em , noun of action fromdēstruĕre to destroy v. The action of destroying; the fact or condition of being destroyed: the opposite of construction. 1. a. The action of demolishing a building or structure of any kind, of pulling to pieces, reducing to fragments, undoing, wasting, rendering useless, putting an end to, or doing away with anything material or immaterial; demolition. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] end832 bale-sithea1000 wrakea1275 wonderc1275 destroyingc1300 destruction1340 contritionc1384 stroying1396 undoing1398 tininga1400 ruinc1425 fatec1430 fordoingc1450 perishing?1523 shipwreck1526 pernicion?1530 ruining1562 ruinating1587 defeasance1590 defeature1592 breakneck1598 ruination1599 defeat1600 doom1609 planet-striking1611 mismaking1615 rasurea1616 destructa1638 perition1640 interemption1656 smashing1821 degrowth1876 uncreation1884 creative destruction1927 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4049 Aftir þe destruccion sal be Of þe empyre of Rome. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 138 In destruccioun of mawmetrye And in encresse of Cristes lawe deere, They ben acordid. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvi. 74 He asked þe destruccioun and þe vndoyng of his order. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xi. 158 That after the first destruxion of the world ther shold be other peple. 1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 19/2 He prophecyed the dystrucyon of Jerusalem. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bij^v The destruction of the citie of Aden. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 176 If she confesse that she was halfe the wooer, Destruction lite on me, if my bad blame Light on the man. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 233 There should be no more an universall destruction of the world by Water. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 25 There is no Presumption, that the Dissolution of the Body, is the Destruction of our present reflecting Powers. 1813 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. i. 3 Theory of the formation and destruction of clouds. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) i. iv. 24 The work of repairing so great a destruction of muscle. b. The action of ravaging or laying waste; havoc, ruin. Obsolete (as distinct from the main sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation harryingc900 harrowingc1000 wastinga1300 destructionc1330 harryc1330 wastenessa1382 wastitya1382 desolation1382 unroningnessa1400 wrackc1407 exile1436 havoc1480 hership1487 vastation1545 vastitude1545 sackc1550 population1552 waste1560 ravishment1570 riotingc1580 pull-down1588 desolating1591 degast1592 devastation1603 ravage1611 wracking1611 ravagement1766 herriment1787 carnage1848 wastage1909 enhavocking- c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 202 Destruction he makes of rentes and feez. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 416 He..said, i had, ogayne resowne, Done him grete destrucciowne. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxxxiv. 114 He did grete destruction to holy chirche. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1286 Of his realme the opin distruccioune. c. The action of putting to death, slaughter; now chiefly said of multitudes of people or animals, and of noxious creatures. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] sleightc893 wal-slaught?a900 qualeeOE deathOE swordc1000 morthOE slaughta1225 destroyingc1300 drepingc1300 martyrdomc1325 murderc1325 mortc1330 sleighterc1330 slaughter1338 iron and firea1387 murraina1387 manslaughtera1400 martyre?a1400 quella1425 occision?a1430 decease1513 destruction1526 slaughting1535 butchery?1536 butchering1572 massacrea1578 slaughterdom1592 slaughtering1597 carnage1600 massacring1600 slaughtery1604 internecion1610 decimationa1613 destroy1616 trucidation1623 stragea1632 sword-wrack1646 interemption1656 carnifice1657 panolethry1668 butcher work1808 bloodbath1814 populicide1824 man-slaughtering1851 battue1864 mass murder1917 genocide1944 overkill1957 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bii^v The destruccion of Pharao & all his host. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. ix. 53 I looked round for the instrument of destruction. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 22 Snodgrass bore under his [cloak] the instruments of destruction. 1895 N.E.D. at Destruction Mod. Rewards for the destruction of beasts of prey. d. personified. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxviii. 20 Destruccion [ Wyclif perdicioun] & death saie, we haue herde tell of her with oure eares. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 77 To push destruction, and perpetuall shame Out of the weake doore of our fainting Land. View more context for this quotation 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 112 Quench thou his light, Destruction dark! 2. The fact, condition, or state of being destroyed; ruin. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > state of being destroyed or ruined lossc897 losingc950 lore971 destructionc1330 forlesing1340 lostc1374 undoing1377 perditiona1382 shendc1400 decay1535 rack1599 undoneness1835 wanthrift1929 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 6078 Wende we wille to þe douk Otoun, And bring him to destruccioun. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 6 She thanked God humbly that had kepte her from shame and distruccion. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 204 To put hym to destruccione. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. x. B Y^e mouth of y^e foolish is nye destruccion. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 137 All this mighty Host In horrible destruction laid thus low. View more context for this quotation 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 91 When the Prince heard their words, he felt assured of destruction. 3. A cause or means of destruction. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > cause of lossc1386 undoing1390 ruinc1480 destruction1529 stumbling-block1535 fall1593 perdition1649 1529 T. Magnus Let. 13 Feb. (Calig. B.ii) f. 83^v The said Armestronges avaunted thaym selves to be the destruccion of twoe and fifty parisshe churches in Scotteland. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xcix^v Not forseyng before, that this preferment should be his destruccion. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. x. 15 The destruction of the poore is their pouertie. View more context for this quotation 1798 Anti-Jacobin 7 May 206/1 Watch the bright destruction as it flies. 1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics iv. 58 The deplorable mistake which was likely to prove the destruction of the whole family. †4. plural = Ruins. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition > a ruin or wreck > ruins tatter1402 ash1553 downfall1575 destruction1585 parietines1621 masure1623 detriments1632 wreck1713 wrecking1855 lagan1906 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xxi. 26 b Neere that are the destructions of a high tower, which in times past was..the great temple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1330
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