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destruction vs razing

razing vs destruction

destruction and razing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
destruction Yes No No No
razing Yes No No No
As nouns, razing is a hyponym of destruction; that is, razing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than destruction:
  • destruction: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
  • razing: complete destruction of a building
Other hyponyms of destruction include disaster, kill, laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking, demolishing, leveling, tearing down, annihilation, obliteration, decimation, self-destruction, neutralisation, neutralization, sabotage, extermination, liquidation, holocaust, demolition, spoliation, hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism.
As nouns, razing is a hyponym of destruction; that is, razing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than destruction:
  • destruction: an event that completely destroys something
  • razing: the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
Other hyponyms of destruction include annihilation, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, depredation, ravage, wrecking, ruin, ruination, rack, wrack.
destruction (noun) razing (noun)
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists complete destruction of a building
an event that completely destroys something the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
a final state
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