Zerstörung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- annihilation noun Total destruction; the act of wiping something out of existence.
- demolition noun The act of tearing down a building or other structure.
- destruction noun The act of destroying something, or the state of having been destroyed.
- devastation noun Widespread destruction, or the state of having been destroyed.
- havoc noun Widespread destruction, chaos, or disorder.
- obliteration noun The total destruction of something.
Senses
Zerstörung is used for these senses in English:
- annihilation The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
- demolition The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
- devastation The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
- dilapidation (legal) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
- havoc Widespread devastation and destruction.
- obliteration (medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).
annihilation — full definition
- noun Total destruction; the act of wiping something out of existence.
- noun Physics: the process by which a particle and antiparticle destroy each other, converting their mass into energy.