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feminine

/dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/

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Translation

destruction

Word origin

From Latin destructio, from destruere ('to pull down'), built from de ('down') and struere ('to build'). Structure comes from the same verb.

Origin: Latin
Root: destructio
English cognates: destruction, structure

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraldestructions

Examples

The destruction of the bridge cut the city in two.

He is talking about the destruction of the forest.

The damage done by the war is enormous.

Cette .

This weapon causes total destruction.

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Nothing is stopping the destruction of the old quarter.

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This word is part of lesson 54.