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Definition: Destruction |
DestructionNoun1. Termination by an act of destruction. 2. An event or the result of an event that destroys something. 3. A final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "destruction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Destruction \De*struc"tion\, noun. [Latin expression destructio: compare to the French expression destruction. See Destroy.]. (references) |
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Bible | Destruction in Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Destruction Prince of Destruction. Tamerlane or Timour the Tartar (1335, 1360-1405.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Destruction is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.He is the fourth eldest of the Endless, and is depicted as a big, red-haired, bearded man. He wears colourful clothes with no particular theme. When Delirium and Morpheus encounter him in the seventh collection of issues in the series, Brief Lives, he has taken to wearing his hair in a ponytail, and owns a talking dog, Barnabas. Since he abandoned his responsibilities there is no sigil in the galleries for him, though he keeps his own gallery (wherein is a sword, his sigil). His realm is not portrayed in the series.
Destruction abandoned his realm and his responsibilities some time around the turn of the seventeenth century. He did not cease to exist as the active aspect of Destruction, he simply stopped directing the affairs over which he has control. As he says, destruction did not stop, it was merely no longer ordered and controlled. Destruction features most prominently in Brief Lives, in which his siblings Morpheus and Delirium set out to track him down. When they finally meet they do not exactly argue but talk at cross-purposes; Destruction's choice of path baffles and to some degree infuriates Morpheus, while Destruction finds it hard to comprehend Morpheus' position and concentrates on trying to impart to him some wisdom on the necessity of change and self-knowledge. Delirium just wants her brother back; she is reliant on her siblings for support, particularly her elder brothers.
Destruction is self-obsessed in the most positive sense of that term; after giving up his responsibilities he concentrates instead on attempting to learn about his own nature and exert control over it. This is manifested in his deliberate attempt to subvert his own essential nature and create instead of destroying; he is shown at various points writing indifferent poetry, painting an indifferent picture, cooking a meal left untouched by those for whom it was intended, and brewing Greek coffee which Delirium fails to drink properly.
See also Characters in The Sandman.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Destruction (Sandman)."
Synonyms: DestructionSynonyms: death (n), demolition (n), devastation (n), end (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adversity | Go downhill, go to rack and ruin; (destruction), go to the dogs; fall, fall from one's high estate; decay, sink, decline, go down in the world; have seen better days; bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; come to grief; be all over, be up with; bring a wasp's nest about one's ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. |
Destruction | Noun: {ant. } destruction; waste, dissolution, breaking up; diruption, disruption; consumption; disorganization. |
Extinction, annihilation; destruction of life; knock-down blow; doom, crack of doom. | |
Deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut; disorganize; dismantle; (render useless); devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound; exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate; snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out; lay in the dust, trample in the dust; prostrate; tread under foot; crush under foot, trample under foot; lay the ax to the root of; make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of; cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons; fling to the winds, scatter to the winds; throw overboard; strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword; cast to the dogs; eradicate. | |
Adjective: destroyed; Verb: perishing; Verb: trembling to its fall, nodding to its fall, tottering to its fall; in course of destruction; Noun: extinct. | |
Deterioration | Decay, dilapidation, ravages of time, wear and tear; corrosion, erosion; moldiness, rottenness; moth and rust, dry rot, blight, marasmus, atrophy, collapse; disorganization; delabrement; (destruction).; aphid, Aphis, plant louse, puceron; vinefretter, vinegrub. |
At a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs; undermined, deciduous; nodding to its fall; (destruction); tottering;. (dangerous) : past cure; (hopeless); fatigued; retrograde; (retrogressive); deleterious. | |
Evil | Disaster, accident, casualty; mishap; (misfortune); bad job, devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin; (destruction); adversity. |
Failure | Fall, downfall, ruin, perdition; wreck; (destruction); deathblow; bankruptcy; (nonpayment). |
Come to nothing, end in smoke; flat out ; fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat; slip through one's fingers; hang fire, miss fire; flash in the pan, collapse; topple down; (descent); go to wrack and ruin; (destruction). | |
Husbandry | Phthisozoics. (killing); euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction. |
Malediction | Verb: curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction. |
Rashness | Donner tete baissee; knock, one's bead against a wall; (be unskillful); rush on destruction; kick against the pricks, tempt Providence, go on a forlorn hope, go on a fool's errand. |
Revolution | Noun: revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution. |
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Crosswords: Destruction |
| Specialty definitions using "destruction": City of Destruction ♦ emergency destruction of nuclear weapons. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "destruction": Hew. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Destruction" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (annihilation, destruction, disposal, eradication, extermination, mayhem, overthrow, shatter, smashing, wipe out, wrack). |
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Screenplays | Now self destruction (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) Between my wedding ring and this picture of my ex-wife, Sylvia, I will never ever forget that women are alien creatures, capable of great destruction. (The Pandora Directive; writing credit: Aaron Conners) All this drinking, violence, destruction of propertyare these the things that we think of when we think of the Irish (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) With the destruction of Optimus Prime the Decepticons and Predacons now take their rightful places as rulers of Cybertron (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) Where there is destruction, be warned (Power Rangers Turbo; writing credit: Brett Born; Shell Danielson) | |
Lyrics | 'Cos it means destruction ("War"; performing artist: Edwin Starr) Tryin' 2 run from the destruction ("1999"; performing artist: Prince) Destruction leads to a very rough road (Californication; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers) A dance for creation, one for destruction (A Pale Horse Against Time; performing artist: The Who) And destruction lay around me (LADY IN BLACK; performing artist: Uriah Heep) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Creature of Destruction (1967) The Wet Destruction of the Atlantic Empire (1961) Plan for Destruction (1943) Destruction Inc. (1942) The Doorway of Destruction (1915) | |
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 | The differential diagnosis proved to be that of granuloma inguinale and not Syphilis. Granuloma inguinale, caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, results in surface destruction and granuloma formation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Credit: CDC. |  | This patient had developed a perforating ulcer of great toe resulting from tabes dorsalis, a form of neurosyphilis. This condition results from the destruction of the dorsal columns in the spinal cord, normally responsible for ones position sense. Credit: CDC. |
 | Shuttle Destruction. Credit: NASA. |  | Destruction of KIWI Nuclear Reactor. Credit: NASA. |
 | Comets as portenders of death and destruction - from a Medieval manuscript. In: Himmels- und Natureerscheinungen in Einblattdrucken des XV. bis XVIII. by Wilhelm Hess, 1911. Call Number: QB41 .H37 1911. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | GOES G going for a short ride aboard Delta Launch Vehicle 178. 71 seconds into the mission the first stage engine shut down necessitating destruction 20 seconds later. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Bob Schuler recently visited the F-4D Phantom he personally worked on as a crew chief during the Vietnam War. The aircraft is slated for destruction at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (Courtesy photo). |  | [Radiation - Effects] : [Panoramic view of the destruction in the Urakami Valley]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Nouveau procédé pour la destruction des Barricades. : (Invention osanore du docteur Williams [sic] Rogers.). Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Contemporary line engraving, after a sketch by Adam Rohe, depicting the ship's destruction in accidental fire on 22 April 1865, above Cairo, Illinois. Credit: NAVY. |
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 | Doom; annihilation; demise; destruction; dissolution; dissolution; expiration; extermination; extinction; finish; passing; ruin; ruination; final; end; . | | Dynamite; explosive; explosion; blast; pyrotechnic; destruction; demolition; demolishing; demolish; destroy; blow up; blowing up. |
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Aeschylus | She [Helen] brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction. |
Aesop | Self conceit may lead to self destruction. |
| We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. | |
Joseph Addison | Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. |
Marquis De Sade | Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates. |
Mikhail A. Bakunin | The passion for destruction (is) a creative passion. |
Sir Richard Steele | Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. |
Steele | Fire and sword are but slow engines of destruction in comparison with the babbler. |
William Hazlitt | The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | The guardian of the land of an heir who is thus under age, shall take from the land of the heir nothing but reasonable produce, reasonable customs, and reasonable services, and that without destruction or waste of men or goods; and if we have committed the wardship of the lands of any such minor to the sheriff, or to any other who is responsible to us for its issues, and he has made destruction or waster of what he holds in wardship, we will take of him amends, and the land shall be committed to two lawful and discreet men of that fee, who shall be responsible for the issues to us or to him to whom we shall assign them; and if we have given or sold the wardship of any such land to anyone and he has therein made destruction or waste, he shall lose that wardship, and it shall be transferred to two lawful and discreet men of that fief, who shall be responsible to us in like manner as aforesaid. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | The law could not restore life to my dead carcass: the loss was irreparable; which to prevent, the law of nature gave me a right to destroy him, who had put himself into a state of war with me, and threatened my destruction. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The industrial and political supremacy of the bourgeoisie threatens it with certain destruction; on the one hand, from the concentration of capital; on the other, from the rise of a revolutionary proletariat. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The German Government must in all cases furnish at its own cost all labour and material required to effect the deliveries and the works of destruction, dismantling, demolition, and of rendering things useless, provided for in the present Treaty. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The dark ages may return, the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This dilemma, destruction or salvation, no fatality proposes more inexorably than love |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Welcome, destruction, blood, and massacre |
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Health | NF presents with severe local pain, destruction of tissue. (references) | |
Findings suggest that T cells are implicated in myelin destruction. (references) | ||
Chronic pancreatitis does not resolve itself and results in a slow destruction of the pancreas. (references) | ||
Business | Appliances are dismantled and hazardous components are sent for destruction. (references) | |
This business has significantly lower entry barriers than the destruction business. (references) | ||
It views with concern Iran's support for terrorism and efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. (references) | ||
Children | Congo | Current literacy rates were unknown but were believed to have fallen due to the widespread destruction of schools and displacement of persons by the political instability and physical insecurity during much of the 1990's. Teenage girls sometimes exchanged sex voluntarily or under pressure for better grades. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Sri Lanka | Police reportedly did nothing to stop the destruction of Muslim property. (references) |
Guinea | They may hold event organizers criminally liable if violence or destruction of property ensues. (references) | |
Economic History | North Korea | North and South both suffered from the massive destruction caused during the Korean war. (references) |
Romania | ORDA organized in March 2001 the first public mass destruction of counterfeited and seized audio material. (references) | |
Belarus | Potential areas of cooperation can be seen in the area of mine disposal, demining and small arms destruction. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkmenistan | In some cases, the same government officials ordered the subsequent destruction of the homes. (references) |
Haiti | On November 2-4, violence in the Port-au-Prince slum of La Saline led to 4 deaths, 17 injuries, and the destruction of hundreds of homes. (references) | |
Russia | The indiscriminate use of force by federal troops resulted in a massive destruction of housing, as well as commercial and administrative structures. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | At year's end, the Moronene still were living in Hukaea-Laeya village, but they feared further destruction of their settlements since the Government has not changed its position that they must leave. (references) |
Malaysia | Indigenous people displaced by the Bakun Dam project in Sarawak continue to protest the lack of transparency in the resettlement process, inadequate compensation for their lands and homes, and destruction of their traditional way of life. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | Property destruction and other forms of harassment often arose from disputes between home occupiers of one ethnicity and returning homeowners of another. (references) |
Political Economy | Syria | The U.S. also remains concerned about possible Syrian acquisition of weapons of mass destruction. (references) |
Indonesia | They also continued to conduct "sweeps" that led to killing of civilians and property destruction. (references) | |
Burundi | Incidents of ethnically motivated property destruction and killing occurred throughout the country. (references) | |
Trade | Australia | Australia is recognized as an important contributor to international control regimes relating to weapons of mass destruction. (references) |
Tanzania | A parastatal insurance company provides coverage against loss, damage and destruction but does not provide financing for exports or imports. (references) | |
Nigeria | A destruction certificate must be obtained from a customs officer to obtain a refund of duties paid for goods that were subsequently destroyed. (references) | |
Travel | Kenya | Destruction of Kenyan currency, even in small amounts, is illegal, and it almost always results in arrest and a fine. (references) |
Women | Cameroon | In cases of sexual assault, a victim's family or village often imposed direct, summary punishment on the suspected perpetrator through extralegal means ranging from destruction of property to beating. (references) |
Afghanistan | Health care for both men and women was hampered by the Taliban's ban on images of humans, which caused the destruction of public education posters and made the provision and dissemination of health information in a society with high levels of illiteracy more difficult. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Liberia | Due to the destruction of the economy and the estimated 85 percent unemployment rate, strikes were infrequent. (references) |
Afghanistan | Many of Kabul's industrial workers were unemployed due to the destruction or abandonment of the city's minuscule manufacturing base. (references) | |
East Timor | Dissatisfied workers or disappointed job applicants frequently resorted to strikes, demonstrations, and sometimes destruction of property. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. K K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called Klatch, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr. Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, circa 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always Klatch and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr. Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question. |
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Donald Rumsfeld | I'm not going to put them in rank order. That's not for me to do. Each of them have weapons of mass destruction. Each of them is on the terrorist list of states. Each of them has relationships with terrorist networks. Each is dangerous. |
Geoffrey Hoon | That, obviously, is our ultimate aim, it's our ultimate military objective, and I remain absolutely confident that those weapons of mass destruction will be discovered. |
Henry Hyde | I think the answer to that, Bob, depends on what our intelligence shows, in terms of how far along Saddam Hussein is in developing weapons of mass destruction. |
John McCain | Saddam Hussein is developing weapons of mass destruction as quickly as he can. The Czech government has revealed meetings, contacts between Iraqi intelligence and Mohamed Atta. The evidence is very clear. |
Rush Limbaugh | The whole modus operandi of the Democratic Party is the politics of personal destruction. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | At your last session I called the attention of Congress to the destruction of the public building occupied by the Treasury Department. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | All must see that if it were possible for them to be successful in attaining their object the dissolution of the Union and the consequent destruction of our happy form of government must speedily follow. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | But if destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is 'less' perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Peoples are turning from destruction to production. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Nor can we fail to arrest the destruction of life and property on our highways. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | There, people have rebuilt the city which war's destruction took from them. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | We do not seek the destruction of Iraq, its culture or its people. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I ask Congress to join me in pursuing an ambitious agenda to reduce the serious threat of weapons of mass destruction. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens. |
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| "Destruction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.96% of the time. "Destruction" is used about 2,322 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.96% | 2,321 | 3,828 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,322 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "destruction". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Apollonia | N/A | Biblical | Destruction |
| Baal-hermon | N/A | Biblical | Possessor of destruction or of a thing cursed |
| Balaam | N/A | Biblical | The destruction of the people |
| Harbonah | N/A | Biblical | His destruction |
| Harumaph | N/A | Biblical | Destruction |
| Hermon | N/A | Biblical | Devoted to destruction |
| Horeb | N/A | Biblical | Destruction |
| Hormah | N/A | Biblical | Utter destruction |
| Idbash | N/A | Biblical | The land of destruction |
| Pul | N/A | Biblical | Destruction |
| Sennacherib | N/A | Biblical | Bramble of destruction |
| Shamhuth | N/A | Biblical | Destruction |
| Abelone | N/A | Danish | Destruction |
| Apolline | N/A | French | Destruction |
| Apolonija | N/A | Slovene | Destruction |
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Expressions using "destruction": child destruction ♦ destruction fire ♦ destruction fire mission ♦ destruction radius ♦ devote to destruction ♦ emergency destruction of nuclear weapons ♦ humane destruction ♦ in course of destruction ♦ mass destruction ♦ mass destruction weapon ♦ run to one's destruction ♦ unauthorised destruction ♦ unauthorized destruction. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "destruction": creation-as-destruction, disinfection-destruction, mass-destruction, railway-destruction, self-destruction, world-destruction. | |
Containing "destruction": Death-destruction-doom. | |
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| Language | Translations for "destruction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shkatërrim (breakdown, breakup, collapse, decay, decimation, demolition, depredation, desolation, devastation, dissolution, downfall, havoc, mess, ravage, ruin, wrack, wreck, wrecking), rrëzim (canting, collapse, crash, decay, demolition, deposition, dethronement, eradiation, failure, fall, plough, plow, plump, prostration), rrënim (desolation, devastation, dilapidation, dissolution, downfall, havoc, rack, ravage, ruin), gërmadhë (collapse, demolition, devastation, pillaging, ravaging, ruin, wrack). (various references) | |
Arabic | مصرع (accident), اعدام (execution), فتك (eradication), مستحق الإباده, هلاك (bane, end, perdition), هدم (blight, demolish, demolition, destroy, do away with, level, pluck, pull down, sap, smash, take apart, tear, tear down, total), تدمير (annihilation, demolition, devastation, mayhem, overthrow, ruin, subversion, wreck), سبب الهلاك, خراب (bane, decay, demolition, desolation, devastation, dilapidation, havoc, perdition, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage), إفناء (extermination), إهلاك, إبادة (annihilation, consuming, eradication, extermination, obliteration), دمار (desolation, devastation, havoc, rack, ruin, ruination, subversion, wrack, wreck). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | унищожаване (abolishment, abolition, annihilation, cancellation, consumption, demolition, devastation, dissolution, extermination, obliteration, ruination, squelch), разрушение (decay, desolation, disruption, pulverization, ravage, wreck), разрушаване (lysis, ruination), разорение (desolation, devastation, doom, ravage, ruin, ruination), причина за нещастие. (various references) | |
Chinese | 覆滅 , 毁坏 (Destroy, Destroyed, Destroying, Dilapidate, Dilapidated, Dilapidating, Gutted, Gutting), 毀壞 (devastate). (various references) | |
Czech | znièení (annihilation, demolition, havoc, holocaust), zkáza (annihilation, corruption, perdition, pulverization, ruin, subversion, undoing), zhouba (fate), zánik (death, extinction). (various references) | |
Danish | ødelæggelse (disfigurement). (various references) | |
Dutch | vernietiging (abolishment, abolition, abrogation), verwoesting. (various references) | |
Esperanto | detruo, detruado, pereigo. (various references) | |
Farsi | ویرانی (Demolition, Ravage, Ruination), تخریب (Demolition, Subversion), تباهی (Decay, Degeneration, Depravity, Ruin, Ruination, Spoil), خرابی (Decay, Demolition, Godsend, Havoc, Ruin, Ruination, Wrack, Wreck, Wreckage), انهدام (Demolition, Subversion), اتلاف (Wastage, Waste, Wreckage). (various references) | |
Finnish | turma (ruin), tuho (annihilation, damage, fall, havoc, ravage, ruin), torjunta (rejection), perikato (ruin), hukka (loss, ruin, waste), hävitys (devastation, havoc, ravage, ruin), häviö (defeat, downfall, fall, loss, ruin). (various references) | |
French | destruction (degradation, destruct, deterioration). (various references) | |
Frisian | fernieling, ferneatigjen. (various references) | |
German | Vernichtung (annihilation, demolishment), Zerstörung (deletion, demolition, ruination). (various references) | |
Greek | καταστροφή (catastrophe, disaster). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כליון (annihilation, extinction, ruin, tabes), סתירה (contradiction, demolition, discrepancy, neutralization), דחי (downfall, failure), הרס (bane, destroy, havoc, ravage, ruin, wrack, wreckage), הריסה (demolition, ruin), הטרפות, הבערה (burning, kindling, setting fire), הדברה (degradation, submission), החרבה, האבדות (loss), נתוץ (demolition), השמדה (annihilation, devastation, extermination), משבת (desolation), אבדון (abyss, doom, hell, perdition, ruin), אבדן (loss, ruin), חבלה (obstruction, sabotage), חדלון (cessation), חורבן (devastation, havoc, ravage, smash, wreck), קטב (defeat, pestilence, plaque), קץ (end, ending, stop), שברון (misfortune), שמה (desolation, devastation, there, thither), מגור (knock out, turnover), השאיה (desolation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megsemmisítés (eradication). (various references) | |
Indonesian | destruksi, perusakan (attrition, defacement, impairment), penggempuran (crushing), kiamat (doomsday, downfall). (various references) | |
Italian | distruzione (bale, consumption, end, extermination, havoc, ruination, wreck). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 駆逐 (expulsion, extermination), 絶滅 (extinction), 滅亡 (collapse, downfall, ruin), 滅却 (effacement, extinguishment), 倒壊 (collapse). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜつめつ (extinction), しめつ (annihilation, extinction), そんかい (damage, village assembly), くじょ (expulsion, extermination), くちく (expulsion, extermination), かいめつ (annihilation), いんめつ (extinction, suppression), めつぼう (collapse, downfall, ruin), めっきゃく (effacement, extinguishment), げきめつ, はかい (breaking a commandment, offense against the Buddhist commandments), はめつ (fall, ruin), とうかい (collapse, crumbling, eastern sea, hidden, region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan), とりこわし (demolition, dismantling, pulling down). (various references) | |
Korean | 파괴 (Demolition, Destroying, Destructive, havoc, ruining, subversive). (various references) | |
Manx | traartys (butchery, depredation, desolation, devastation, disaster, havoc, massacre, ravage, rout, slaughter, slaughtering), toyrt-mow (annihilation, damnation, desolation, overthrow), stroialtys (extravagance, prodigality). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ødeleggelse (havoc). (various references) | |
Papiamen | destrukshon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | estructionday.(various references) | |
Polish | zniszczenie. (various references) | |
Portuguese | destruição (bale, consumption, defacement, demolition, deprivation, doom, frustration, overthrow, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, spoliation, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage, wrecking). (various references) | |
Romanian | distrugere (damnation, demolition, eradication, erosion, holocaust, obliteration, ravage, ruin, ruination, spoliation, strip), prãpãdenie (damage, danger, ruin), prãpãd (disaster, fate, flood, havoc), potop (cataclysm, cataract, cloud, debacle, deluge, flood, flux, freshet, ravage, sea, stack, stream), pieire (death, fate, ruin), cauzã a distrugerii, cãdere (authority, becomingness, break down, collapse, cropper, debacle, downfall, drop, failure, fall, labefaction, lapse, plump, rot, spill, Turkey). (various references) | |
Russian | уничтожение (abolition, annihilation, obliteration). (various references) | |
Scottish | dìobhail (loss), turguin, sgrios (destroy, destroyed, ruin, ruin : air sgrios), mugha. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rušenje (collapse, demolition, overturn, pulling down, ruination), razaranje (desolation, ruination). (various references) | |
Spanish | destrucción (bane, blasting, defeasance, havoc, obliteration, rape, undoing, wreck, wreckage). (various references) | |
Swedish | förstörelse (havoc), undergång (bane, doom, downfall, fate, ruin, underpass, wreck). (various references) | |
Turkish | yok edilme, yıkma (ruination), tahrip (demolition, destroying, ravage, ruination, slashing), tahribat (destroying, devastation, havoc), imha (annihilation, demolition, extermination, extinction, extirpation), öldürme (dispatch, kill, killing, manslaughter, murder, putting to death). (various references) | |
Turkmen | hapalyk, berbat (destroyed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | умертвіння, убивання, руйнування (bad, breaking, caries, collapse, demolition, the sword, upset, wrack, wrecking), крах (bankruptcy, burst up, collapse, come down, crash, defeat, disruption, frustration, ruin, ruination, wreckage), знишення, загибель (bad, bane, blasting, catastrophe, collapse, death, doom, ending, fate, overthrow, perdition, ruin, undoing, wreck, wreckage). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tình trạng bị tiêu diệt nguyên nhân huỷ diệt, tình trạng bị tàn phá, sự tiêu diệt (annihilation, extermination), sự phá huỷ (demolishment, demolition, devastation), sự phá hoại (sabotage, wreck), nguyên nhân suy vi, nguyên nhân gây ra cái chết. (various references) | |
Welsh | distryw, dinistr (bane), difethdod (waste), boloch (anxiety, pain), anrhaith (booty, herds, prey, spoil, wealth), aball (failure, postilence). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gil-le-em, ku. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cinere, cinerem, cineres, cineri, cineribus, cineris, cinerum, cinis, concisione, concisionis, destructionem, dissolutio, dissolutionem, eversio, eversione, eversionis, exitium, interitu, interitum, interitus, internecio, occasus, perditio, perditione, perditionem, perditionibus, perditionis, periculum, perniciem, peste, pestem, pesti, pestis, ruina, ruinae, ruinam, ruinas, ruinis, subversio, subversione, subversionem. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | ravage. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 13, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OV fulassei to eautou stoma threi thn eautou yuchn o de propethV ceilesin ptohsei eauton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui custodit os suum custodit animam suam qui autem inconsideratus est ad loquendum sentiet mala |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who kepeth his mouth, kepeth his soule; who forsothe is vnauysid to speken, shal felen euelis. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 13, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kadtong nagabantay sa iyang baba nagamatngon sa iyang kinabuhi; Apan kadtong nagawalis sa halapad gayud sa iyang mga ngabil adunay kadautan. |
| Croatian | Tko èuva usta svoja, èuva život svoj, a tko nesmotreno zbori, o glavu mu je. |
| Danish | Vogter man Munden, bevarer man Sjælen, den åbenmundede falder i Våde. |
| Dutch | Die zijn mond bewaart, behoudt zijn ziel; maar voor hem is verstoring, die zijn lippen wijd opendoet. |
| Finnish | Joka suistaa suunsa, se säilyttää henkensä, mutta avosuinen joutuu turmioon. |
| French | Celui qui veille sur sa bouche garde son âme; Celui qui ouvre de grandes lèvres court à sa perte. |
| German | Wer seinen Mund bewahrt, der bewahrt sein Leben; wer aber mit seinem Maul herausfährt, der kommt in Schrecken. |
| Hungarian | A ki megõrzi az õ száját, megtartja önmagát; a ki felnyitja száját, romlása az annak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang hati-hati dalam tutur katanya akan aman hidupnya; orang yang bicara sembarangan akan ditimpa kemalangan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Barangsiapa yang menunggui lidahnya, ia itu memeliharakan nyawanya, tetapi orang yang membukakan bibirnya luas-luas itu kelak akan binasa. |
| Italian | Chi sorveglia la sua bocca conserva la vita, chi apre troppo le labbra incontra la rovina. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te tangata e tiaki ana i tona mangai e pupuri ana i tona ora: ko te tangata ia e hamama nui ana ona ngutu, ko te whakangaromanga mona. |
| Norwegian | Den som vokter sin munn, bevarer sitt liv; den som lukker sine leber vidt op, ham blir det til ulykke. |
| Portuguese | O que guarda a sua boca preserva a sua vida; mas o que muito abre os seus lábios traz sobre si a ruína. |
| Rumanian | Cine-wi pqzewte gura, kwi pqzewte sufletul; cine-wi deschide buzele mari aleargq spre pieirea lui. - |
| Russian | лФП ИТБОЙФ ХУФБ УЧПЙ, ФПФ ВЕТЕЦЕФ ДХЫХ УЧПА; Б ЛФП ЫЙТПЛП ТБУЛТЩЧБЕФ УЧПК ТПФ, ФПНХ ВЕДБ. |
| Spanish | El que guarda su boca guarda su vida, pero al que mucho abre sus labios le vendrá ruina. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "destruction": destructionist, destructionists, destructions. (additional references) | |
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"Destruction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: descruction, desctruction, destraction, destruccioun, destruciton, destructio, destructionn, destructon, distruction, restruction. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "destruction" (pronounced dustru"kshun) |
| 8 | -s t r u" k sh u n | construction, deconstruction, instruction, obstruction, reconstruction. |
| 5 | -u" k sh u n | abduction, conduction, deduction, induction, introduction, overproduction, production, reduction, reintroduction, reproduction, seduction, suction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | faction, fiction, abstraction, action, addiction, advection, affection, affliction, attraction, auction, benediction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, confection, conjunction, connection, constriction, contraction, contradiction, convection, conviction, correction, crucifixion, defection, depiction, dereliction, detection, diction, diffraction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissatisfaction, dissection, distinction, distraction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, eviction, exaction, extinction, extraction, flexion, fraction, friction, function, imperfection, inaction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, injection, injunction, inspection, insurrection, interaction, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intersection, introspection, junction, jurisdiction, liposuction, liquefaction, malfunction, midsection, nonfiction, objection, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, prediction, predilection, preelection, projection, protection, reaction, recollection, redirection, reelection, reflection, reinspection, rejection, restriction, resurrection, retraction, sanction, satisfaction, section, selection, subsection, subtraction, traction, transaction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: discounter, instructed, introduces, rediscount, reductions. | |
-2 letters: centroids, coinsured, construed, cornetist, countries, courtside, cretinous, decurions, denturist, doctrines, eductions, incrusted, inductors, intercuts, introduce, intrusted, neurotics, outstride, reduction, reinducts, seduction, suctioned, tinctured, tinctures, toreutics. | |
-3 letters: centrist, centroid, citreous, citterns, coinsure, cointers, conduits, consider, construe, contrite, contused, cordites, corniest, cornuted, cottiers, counters, counties, crudites, crunodes, curdiest, curtsied. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: destructions, reductionist. | |
+2 letters: documentarist, reconstituted, rectitudinous, reductionists, unconstricted. | |
+3 letters: counterstained, deconstructing, deconstruction, deconstructive, destructionist, documentarists, nondestructive, reductionistic, trinucleotides. | |
+4 letters: deconstructions, destructionists, photoreductions, reintroductions. | |
+5 letters: antireductionism, antireductionist, nondestructively. | |
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