destruction

DESTRUCTION, noun 1. The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever means; as the destruction of buildings, or of towns. destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any theing; that form of parts which constitues it what it is; as the destruction of grass or herbage by eating; of a forest, by cutting down the trees; or it denotes a total annihilation; as the destruction of a particular government; the destruction of happiness.2. Death; murder; slaughter; massacre.There was a deadly destruction throughout all the city. 1 Samuel 5:9.3. Ruin.DESTRUCTION and misery are in their ways. Romans 3:16.4. Eternal death.Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction Matthew 7:13.5. Cause of destruction; a consuming plague; a destroyer.The destruction that wasteth at noon-day. Psalms 91:6