Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Destruction \De*struc"tion\, n. [L. destructio: cf. F.
   destruction. See {Destroy}.]
   1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to
      naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying;
      devastation.

            The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of
            the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. --Esth.
                                                  ix. 5.

            'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by
            destruction dwell in doubtful joy.    --Shak.

            Destruction of venerable establishment. --Hallam.

   2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain,
      or devastated.

            This town came to destruction.        --Chaucer.

            Thou castedst them down into destruction. --Ps.
                                                  lxxiii. 18.

   2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a
      destroyer.

            The destruction that wasteth at noonday. --Ps. xci.
                                                  6.

   Syn: Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation;
        extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall;
        extermination; havoc; ruin.

Source : WordNet®

destruction
     n 1: termination by an act of destruction [syn: {devastation}]
     2: an event (or the result of an event) that completely
        destroys something [syn: {demolition}, {wipeout}]
     3: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
        glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: {end},
         {death}]