| slovo | definícia |
destruction
(mass) | destruction
- zničenie, deštrukcia |
destruction
(encz) | destruction,destrukce n: Zdeněk Brož |
destruction
(encz) | destruction,ničení n: Zdeněk Brož |
destruction
(encz) | destruction,záhuba n: Pajosh |
destruction
(encz) | destruction,zkáza n: Pajosh |
destruction
(encz) | destruction,zničení n: Pajosh |
Destruction
(gcide) | 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.
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The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of
the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. --Esth.
ix. 5.
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'Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. --Shak.
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Destruction of venerable establishment. --Hallam.
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2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain,
or devastated.
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This town came to destruction. --Chaucer.
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Thou castedst them down into destruction. --Ps.
lxxiii. 18.
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2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a
destroyer.
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The destruction that wasteth at noonday. --Ps. xci.
6.
Syn: Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation;
extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall;
extermination; havoc; ruin.
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destruction
(wn) | destruction
n 1: the termination of something by causing so much damage to
it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [syn:
destruction, devastation]
2: an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys
something [syn: destruction, demolition, wipeout]
3: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end,
destruction, death] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
destruction
(mass) | destruction
- zničenie, deštrukcia |
biodestruction
(encz) | biodestruction,biodestrukce [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
destruction
(encz) | destruction,destrukce n: Zdeněk Broždestruction,ničení n: Zdeněk Broždestruction,záhuba n: Pajoshdestruction,zkáza n: Pajoshdestruction,zničení n: Pajosh |
destruction fire
(encz) | destruction fire, n: |
self-destruction
(encz) | self-destruction,samozničení n: Zdeněk Brožself-destruction,sebevražda n: Zdeněk Brož |
weapon of mass destruction
(encz) | weapon of mass destruction, n: |
wmd (weapons of mass destruction)
(encz) | WMD (weapons of mass destruction),zbraně hromadného ničení [zkr.] Milan
Svoboda |
Destructionist
(gcide) | Destructionist \De*struc"tion*ist\, n.
1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one
whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing
institutions; a destructive.
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2. (Theol.) One who believes in the final destruction or
complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also
annihilationist. --Shipley.
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Self-destruction
(gcide) | Self-destruction \Self`-de*struc"tion\, n.
The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.
--Milton.
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destruction
(wn) | destruction
n 1: the termination of something by causing so much damage to
it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists [syn:
destruction, devastation]
2: an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys
something [syn: destruction, demolition, wipeout]
3: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end,
destruction, death] |
destruction fire
(wn) | destruction fire
n 1: fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material
objects |
self-destruction
(wn) | self-destruction
n 1: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit
suicide" [syn: suicide, self-destruction, {self-
annihilation}]
2: the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure
self-destruction" |
weapon of mass destruction
(wn) | weapon of mass destruction
n 1: a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military
personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
[syn: weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D.] |
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