n. 25B6; noun
the destruction by allied bombers : DEMOLITION, wrecking, ruination, blasting, bombing; wreckage, ruins.
the destruction of the countryside : SPOLIATION, devastation, ruination, blighting, disfigurement, impairment, scarring, harm, desolation.
the destruction of cattle : SLAUGHTER, killing, putting down, extermination, termination.
the destruction of the enemies' forces : ANNIHILATION, obliteration, elimination, eradication, liquidation; killing, slaughter, massacre, extermination.