deterioration, impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strength

ruin, ruination - an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"

blight - a state or condition being blighted

feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

ruination, ruin - an event that results in destruction

pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

disaster - an act that has disastrous consequences

kill - the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

laying waste, ruining, wrecking, ruination, ruin - destruction achieved by wrecking something

demolishing, tearing down, leveling, razing - complete destruction of a building

annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something

decimation - destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)

self-destruction - the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction"

neutralisation, neutralization - (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)

sabotage - a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

extermination, liquidation - the act of exterminating

holocaust - an act of great destruction and loss of life

demolition - the act of demolishing

spoliation - (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism - willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others