• (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer. • (n.) The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated. • (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/destruction/
(from the article `Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso`) ...magazine in Milan. During most of his life his base was in France, though he made frequent trips to Italy and wrote in the languages of both ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/36
With respect to the CWC: the irreversible conversion of toxic chemicals into a form unsuitable for the production of chemical weapons and action upon munitions or other delivery devices that renders them unusable. The most common forms of destruction are Found on http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/549-DESTRUCTION
De·struc'tion noun [ Latin destructio : confer French destruction . See Destroy .] 1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. « The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/49
the act of destroying: wanton destruction of a town. · the condition of being destroyed; demolition; annihilation. · a cause or means of destroying. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/destruction