destruction Copy link Outline 1. pernicĭes, ēi2. ēversio (strictly overturning)3. excĭdium4. exĭtium (sim. to excidium)5. intĕrĭtus, ūs (a gen. term)6. occīdio, ōnis, f. (by slaughter)7. internĕcio (utter d.)8. fūnus, ĕris, n. (poet. and rhetorical)9. often, esp. after a prep., expr. by p. part. of verbs under DESTROY • destruction: 1. pernicĭes, ēi: to rush upon evident d., in apertam p. incurrere, Cic.: to be bent on any one's d., in p. alicujus incumbere, Cic.: comp. destroyer (11). 2. ēversio (strictly overturning): the d. of temples, templorum e., Quint.: Cic.: d. of dignity, dignitatis e., Plin.: Cic. 3. excĭdium: the d. of legions, legionum ex., Tac.: Hor.: Virg. (Eversio denotes the act of destroying; excidium the destruction as an event.) 4. exĭtium (sim. to excidium): they brood over the d. of this city, de hujus urbis ex. cogitant, Cic.: nature admits not of the d. of anything, nullius exitium patitur natura, Lucr. 5. intĕrĭtus, ūs (a gen. term): the d. and end of all things, int. atque obitus omnium rerum, Cic.: the d. of an army, exercitus int., Cic.: the d. of the soul, *animorum int.: to be reduced to d., ad int. redigi, Cic. 6. occīdio, ōnis, f. (by slaughter): the cavalry met with utter d., equitatus occidione occisus, Cic.: Tac.: Just. 7. internĕcio (utter d.): the utter d. of an army, exercitus int., Caes.: v. extermination. 8. fūnus, ĕris, n. (poet. and rhetorical): the d. of the republic, reipublicae f., Cic.: the mournful d. of Troy, lacrimosa Trojae funera, Hor. 9. often, esp. after a prep., expr. by p. part. of verbs under destroy: after the d. of Carthage, post deletam Carthaginem: by the d. of morality, moribus corrumpendis, etc.