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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/ Audio: en-us-destruction.ogg Forms: destructions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkʃən Etymology: Inherited from Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*strew-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|destruccioun|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English destruccioun, {{inh+|en|enm|destruccioun}} Inherited from Middle English destruccioun, {{der|en|fro|destrucion}} Old French destrucion, {{der|en|la|destructio|dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem}} Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} destruction (countable and uncountable, plural destructions)
  1. The act of destroying. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of destroying): ἀπώλεια (apṓleia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὄλεθρος (ólethros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), λοιγός (loigós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), تَدْمِير (tadmīr) [masculine] (Arabic), هَدْم (hadm) [masculine] (Arabic), تَلَف (talaf) [masculine] (Arabic), руйнава́нне (rujnavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), разбурэ́нне (razburénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), знішчэ́нне (zniščénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), разруше́ние (razrušénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), унищоже́ние (uništožénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), destrucció [feminine] (Catalan), ناھێشتن (nahêştin) (Central Kurdish), وێرانی (wêranî) (Central Kurdish), 毀滅 (Chinese Mandarin), 毁灭 (huǐmiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 破壞 (Chinese Mandarin), 破坏 (pòhuài) (Chinese Mandarin), destrukce [feminine] (Czech), zničení [neuter] (Czech), zmar [masculine] (Czech), ødelæggelse [common-gender] (Danish), vernietiging [feminine] (Dutch), detruo (Esperanto), tuhoaminen (Finnish), hävitys (Finnish), hävittäminen (Finnish), destruction [feminine] (French), destrución [feminine] (Galician), განადგურება (ganadgureba) (Georgian), დანგრევა (dangreva) (Georgian), Zerstörung [feminine] (German), Vernichtung [feminine] (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (fralusts) [feminine] (Gothic), 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (qisteins) [feminine] (Gothic), καταστροφή (katastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), συντριβή (syntriví) [feminine] (Greek), αφανισμός (afanismós) (Greek), χαλασμός (chalasmós) (Greek), κατεδάφιση (katedáfisi) (Greek), κατάλυση (katálysi) (Greek), ɓarna (Hausa), הריסה (harisá) [feminine] (Hebrew), הרס (héres) [masculine] (Hebrew), הַשְׁמָדָה (hashmadá) [feminine] (Hebrew), חֻרְבָּן (khurbán) [masculine] (Hebrew), नाश (nāś) (Hindi), विनाश (vināś) (Hindi), eyðilegging [feminine] (Icelandic), loitiméireacht [feminine] (Irish), líomhadh [masculine] (Irish), eirleach [masculine] (Irish), urbhaidh [feminine, literary] (Irish), argain [feminine] (Irish), distruzione [feminine] (Italian), 破壊 (hakai) (alt: はかい) (Japanese), 破棄 (haki) (alt: はき) (Japanese), 湮滅 (inmetsu) (alt: いんめつ) (Japanese), 파괴 (pagoe) (alt: 破壞) (Korean), 멸망 (myeolmang) (alt: 滅亡) (Korean), ການທຳລາຍ (kān tham lāi) (Lao), exitium [neuter] (Latin), clādes [feminine] (Latin), pótopjenje [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), wopusćenje [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), уништување (uništuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), സംഹാരം (saṁhāraṁ) (Malayalam), നശിപ്പിക്കൽ (naśippikkal) (Malayalam), whakangaromanga (Maori), whakamōtītanga (Maori), turakanga (Maori), anea (Maori), kore (Maori), whakamōtī (Maori), urupatu (Maori), ngaromanga (Maori), orotā (Maori), takakino (Maori), aneatanga (Maori), नाश (nāś) [masculine] (Marathi), विनाश (vināś) [masculine] (Marathi), ødeleggelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), destruccion [feminine] (Occitan), пагоуба (paguba) [feminine] (Old Church Slavonic), افنا (ifna) (Ottoman Turkish), atipāta [masculine] (Pali), تخریب (taxrib) (Persian), niszczenie [neuter] (Polish), zniszczenie [neuter] (Polish), destrukcja [feminine] (Polish), destruição [feminine] (Portuguese), distrugere [feminine] (Romanian), разруше́ние (razrušénije) [neuter] (Russian), уничтоже́ние (uničtožénije) [neuter] (Russian), नाश (nāśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), विनाश (vināśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), भङ्ग (bhaṅga) [masculine] (Sanskrit), संहार (saṃhāra) (Sanskrit), निधन (nidhana) [masculine] (Sanskrit), ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), विभङ्ग (vibhaṅga) [masculine] (Sanskrit), विध्वंश (vidhvaṃśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), विघटन (vighaṭana) [masculine] (Sanskrit), milleadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), униште́ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), uništénje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), distruzziuni [feminine] (Sicilian), zničenie [neuter] (Slovak), uničenje [neuter] (Slovene), destrucción (Spanish), escante [Puerto-Rico, masculine] (Spanish), excidio [masculine] (Spanish), uharibifu (Swahili), maangamizi (Swahili), förstörelse [common-gender] (Swedish), ödeläggelse [common-gender] (Swedish), тахриб (taxrib) (Tajik), การทำลาย (Thai), nkelñe (Tocharian B), izmihlal [archaic] (Turkish), harap etme (Turkish), tahribat (Turkish), yıkma (Turkish), yok etme (Turkish), 𐎕𐎎𐎚 (ṣmt) (Ugaritic), руйнува́ння (rujnuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), зни́щення (znýščennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), aball [masculine] (Welsh), אומקום (umkum) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. The results of a destructive event. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (results of a destructive event): разрушение (razrušenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), destrucció [feminine] (Catalan), 毀滅 (Chinese Mandarin), 毁灭 (huǐmiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 破壞 (Chinese Mandarin), 破坏 (pòhuài) (Chinese Mandarin), zkáza [feminine] (Czech), detruado (Esperanto), detruo (Esperanto), tuho (Finnish), hävitys (Finnish), destrución [feminine] (Galician), Zerstörung [feminine] (German), καταστροφή (katastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), eyðilegging [feminine] (Icelandic), distruzione [feminine] (Italian), 潰滅 (kaimetsu) (alt: かいめつ) (Japanese), 滅亡 (metsubō) (alt: めつぼう) (Japanese), 倒壊 (tōkai) (alt: とうかい) (Japanese), നാശം (nāśaṁ) (Malayalam), whakamōtītanga (Maori), नाश (nāś) [masculine] (Marathi), विनाश (vināś) [masculine] (Marathi), zniszczenie [neuter] (Polish), niszczenie [neuter] (Polish), destrukcja [feminine] (Polish), destruição [feminine] (Portuguese), distrugere [feminine] (Romanian), разруше́ния (razrušénija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), नाश (nāśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), creach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), milleadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), destrucción [feminine] (Spanish), escante [Puerto-Rico, masculine] (Spanish), förstörelse [common-gender] (Swedish), ödeläggelse [common-gender] (Swedish), nautalñe (Tocharian B), yıkım (Turkish), harabiyet (Turkish), руйнува́ння (rujnuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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Hyponyms: self-destruction Related terms: devastation, destroy, disaster, killing

Noun [French]

IPA: /dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-destruction.ogg Forms: destructions [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French destrucion, borrowed from Latin dēstrūctiōnem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|destrucion|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French destrucion, {{inh+|fr|fro|destrucion}} Inherited from Old French destrucion, {{bor|fr|la|dēstrūctiō|dēstrūctiōnem}} Latin dēstrūctiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} destruction f (plural destructions)
  1. destruction Tags: feminine Derived forms: arme de destruction massive [weapon, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics] Related terms: destructible, détruire, indestructible
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Inflected forms

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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
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        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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          "_dis": "82 18",
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
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        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
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        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
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          "_dis": "85 15",
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          "_dis": "85 15",
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          "_dis": "85 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
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        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
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        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
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          "text": "The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.",
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        "The act of destroying."
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        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
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        "uncountable"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "tadmīr",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَدْمِير"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "hadm",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "هَدْم"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "talaf",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَلَف"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "rujnavánnje",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "руйнава́нне"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "razburénnje",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разбурэ́нне"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "zniščénnje",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "знішчэ́нне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razrušénie",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разруше́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uništožénie",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "унищоже́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "destrucció"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "毀滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǐmiè",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "毁灭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "破壞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pòhuài",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "破坏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "destrukce"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "zničení"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "zmar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "detruo"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "tuhoaminen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "hävitys"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "hävittäminen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "destruction"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "destrución"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "ganadgureba",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "განადგურება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dangreva",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "დანგრევა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zerstörung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Vernichtung"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "fralusts",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "qisteins",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katastrofí",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "καταστροφή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "syntriví",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συντριβή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afanismós",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "αφανισμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chalasmós",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "χαλασμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katedáfisi",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "κατεδάφιση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katálysi",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "κατάλυση"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apṓleia",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀπώλεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ólethros",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ὄλεθρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "loigós",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "ɓarna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "harisá",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הריסה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "héres",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "הרס"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hashmadá",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הַשְׁמָדָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khurbán",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חֻרְבָּן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "nāś",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "नाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vināś",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "विनाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eyðilegging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "loitiméireacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "líomhadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eirleach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "urbhaidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "argain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distruzione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "はかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakai",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "破壊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "はき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "haki",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "破棄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "いんめつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "inmetsu",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "湮滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "破壞",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pagoe",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "파괴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "滅亡",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "myeolmang",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "멸망"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "nahêştin",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "ناھێشتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "wêranî",
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          "word": "وێرانی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kān tham lāi",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "ການທຳລາຍ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "exitium"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "clādes"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "uništuvanje",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "уништување"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ml",
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          "roman": "saṁhāraṁ",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "സംഹാരം"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "naśippikkal",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "നശിപ്പിക്കൽ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "whakangaromanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "whakamōtītanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
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          "word": "turakanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "anea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "kore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "whakamōtī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "urupatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "ngaromanga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "orotā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "takakino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "aneatanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "nāś",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "नाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "vināś",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "विनाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ødeleggelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destruccion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "paguba",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пагоуба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ifna",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "افنا"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atipāta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "taxrib",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "تخریب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zniszczenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destrukcja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destruição"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distrugere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razrušénije",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разруше́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uničtožénije",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "уничтоже́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "nāśa",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "नाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "vināśa",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विनाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "bhaṅga",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "भङ्ग"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "saṃhāra",
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          "word": "संहार"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
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          "roman": "nidhana",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dhvaṃsa",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ध्वंस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "vibhaṅga",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "vidhvaṃśa",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
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          "roman": "vighaṭana",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विघटन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "milleadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "униште́ње"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "uništénje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distruzziuni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zničenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "uničenje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pótopjenje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wopusćenje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "destrucción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "escante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "excidio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "uharibifu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "maangamizi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "förstörelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ödeläggelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "taxrib",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "тахриб"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "การทำลาย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "nkelñe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "izmihlal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "harap etme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "tahribat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "yıkma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "yok etme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "ṣmt",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "word": "𐎕𐎎𐎚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rujnuvánnja",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "руйнува́ння"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znýščennja",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зни́щення"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "umkum",
          "sense": "act of destroying",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אומקום"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The results of a destructive event."
      ],
      "id": "en-destruction-en-noun-O87-yPbC",
      "links": [
        [
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          "destructive"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razrušenie",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разрушение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destrucció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "毀滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǐmiè",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "毁灭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "破壞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pòhuài",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "破坏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zkáza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "detruado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "detruo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "tuho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "hävitys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destrución"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zerstörung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katastrofí",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "καταστροφή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eyðilegging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distruzione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "alt": "かいめつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaimetsu",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "潰滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "alt": "めつぼう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "metsubō",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "滅亡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "alt": "とうかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōkai",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "倒壊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "nāśaṁ",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "നാശം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "whakamōtītanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "nāś",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "नाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "vināś",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विनाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zniszczenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "niszczenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destrukcja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destruição"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "distrugere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razrušénija",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "разруше́ния"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "nāśa",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "नाश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "creach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "milleadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "destrucción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "Puerto-Rico",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "escante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "förstörelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ödeläggelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "nautalñe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "yıkım"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "word": "harabiyet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rujnuvánnja",
          "sense": "results of a destructive event",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "руйнува́ння"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "harisá",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הריסה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "héres",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הרס"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hashmadá",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַשְׁמָדָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khurbán",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חֻרְבָּן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāś",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "नाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vināś",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "विनाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eyðilegging"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "loitiméireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "líomhadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eirleach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "urbhaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "argain"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distruzione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakai",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "破壊"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haki",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "破棄"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いんめつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "inmetsu",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "湮滅"
    },
    {
      "alt": "破壞",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pagoe",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "파괴"
    },
    {
      "alt": "滅亡",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeolmang",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "멸망"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nahêştin",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "ناھێشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "wêranî",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "وێرانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān tham lāi",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "ການທຳລາຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "exitium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clādes"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "uništuvanje",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уништување"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "saṁhāraṁ",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "സംഹാരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "naśippikkal",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "നശിപ്പിക്കൽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "whakangaromanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "whakamōtītanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "turakanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "anea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "kore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "whakamōtī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "urupatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "ngaromanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "orotā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "takakino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "aneatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nāś",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vināś",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विनाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ødeleggelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "destruccion"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "paguba",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пагоуба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ifna",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "افنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atipāta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "taxrib",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "تخریب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "niszczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zniszczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "destrukcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "destruição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distrugere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrušénije",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разруше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtožénije",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уничтоже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nāśa",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vināśa",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विनाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bhaṅga",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "भङ्ग"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "saṃhāra",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "संहार"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nidhana",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "निधन"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dhvaṃsa",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ध्वंस"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vibhaṅga",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विभङ्ग"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vidhvaṃśa",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विध्वंश"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vighaṭana",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विघटन"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milleadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "униште́ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uništénje"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distruzziuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zničenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uničenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pótopjenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wopusćenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "destrucción"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "excidio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "uharibifu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "maangamizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förstörelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ödeläggelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "taxrib",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "тахриб"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "การทำลาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "nkelñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "izmihlal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "harap etme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "tahribat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "yıkma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "yok etme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ṣmt",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "word": "𐎕𐎎𐎚"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rujnuvánnja",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "руйнува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znýščennja",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зни́щення"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aball"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "umkum",
      "sense": "act of destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אומקום"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razrušenie",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разрушение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "destrucció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "毀滅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǐmiè",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "毁灭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "破壞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "破坏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zkáza"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "detruado"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "detruo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "tuho"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "hävitys"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "destrución"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zerstörung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katastrofí",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καταστροφή"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eyðilegging"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distruzione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かいめつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaimetsu",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "潰滅"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めつぼう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "metsubō",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "滅亡"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōkai",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "倒壊"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nāśaṁ",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "നാശം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "whakamōtītanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nāś",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "vināś",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विनाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zniszczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "niszczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "destrukcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "destruição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distrugere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrušénija",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "разруше́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nāśa",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "creach"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milleadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
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      ],
      "word": "destrucción"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
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      ],
      "word": "escante"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "förstörelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ödeläggelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "nautalñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "yıkım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "word": "harabiyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rujnuvánnja",
      "sense": "results of a destructive event",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "руйнува́ння"
    }
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}

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      ],
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        "tools",
        "engineering",
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        "government",
        "politics"
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
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      "word": "destructible"
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      "word": "détruire"
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}

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