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.
DESTRUCTION Copy link • DESTRUCTIONeversio (the overthrowing, rei publicae, urbis, etc., rei familiaris, etc.): exstinctio (the extinguishing; and figuratively the destroying the existence of anything that had life and energy): excisio (Auct. Or. pro dom. Harusp. Respons.): excidium (Liv.; not Caes., or Cic.: urbis, gentis, etc.): disturbatio (e.g., Corinthi, Cic.; once only): dissipatio, interitus and (rare, but classical) interitio. (The words are found in this connection and order.) interitus et dissipatio: consumtio (act of consuming, etc., Cic., rare): conjectio (e.g., valetudinis; escarum): ruina (the falling down; e.g., communis ruina; also in plur., ruinae fortunarum tuarum): exitium (ruin): dissolutio (the breaking up a compacted whole; e.g., naturae, stomachi, legum): interemtio (slaying, death; Cic., rare): destructio (post-classical, murorum, Suet.): vastatio: populatio: depopulate (the laying waste, plundering, etc.): before the destruction of Troy, Troja incolumi: to be the destruction of anything, perniciei esse; exitio esse alicui: to cause the destruction of anybody, aliquem perdere or pessum dare; aliquem ad interitum vocare: to rush to destruction, ad interitum ruere; in perniciem incurrere: to seek the destruction of anybody, interitum alicujus quaerere; perniciem alicui moliri: to save anybody from destruction, aliquem ab interitu vindicare or retrahere; aliquem ab exitio ad salutem revocare; aliquem a morte eripere (from death): to save the state from destruction, rempublicam ab occasu restituere; to cause destruction (= a severe blow or loss), cladem afferre or inferre: strages facere (Cic.); edere (Liv.; to cut down foes). A wide-spread destruction overtakes the state, magna clades atque calamitas opprimit rempublicam. Destruction = destroyer (abstract, pro concreto), pernicies: pestis: corruptela: corruptor: exitium: To be the destruction of anybody, perniciei esse; exitio esse alicui. [Vid: DESTROYER]. If destruction = DEATH, Vid: DESTRUCTIVE, perniciosus: exitiosus: exitialis: exitiabilis: funestus: damnosus; to anybody, alicui [SYN. in HURTFUL]: ☞ destructivus, very late; caelius, Aur., Tardit.