Destruction
Destruction noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.
Injury is a synonym for destruction in result topic. In some cases you can use "Injury" instead a noun "Destruction", when it comes to topics like spoliation, mutilation, defacement.
Injury
Injury noun - Something that causes loss or pain.
Destruction is a synonym for injury in result topic. Sometimes you can use "Destruction" instead a noun "Injury", if it concerns topics such as mutilation, defacement.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| physical | physical destruction | physical injury |
| direct | direct destruction | direct injury |
| initial | initial destruction | initial injury |
| actual | actual destruction | actual injury |
| Other adjectives: massive, extreme, great, terrible, horrible, permanent, major, possible, final, apparent, accidental, further, significant, said, recent, sudden, resulting, horrific. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Shoot 'em Up video games — to babysit him is because it's the only thing that he enjoys that doesn't result in actual destruction and injury to those around him.
Source: Enfant Terrible -
Hellhole Prison: Can be achieved, but given that this tends to result in rioting, object destruction and frequent deaths and injury, it's not recommended without having plenty of Sinister Surveillance equipment and a horde of guards to back it up.
Source: Video Game / Prison Architect - The main characters in Eden Green are infected with an alien needle symbiote that resurrects them from any injury, including complete destruction of their head.
Source: Death Amnesia
Cite this Source
Injury and Destruction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/destruction/injury
Destruction & Injury. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/destruction/injury>.
Injury or Destruction. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/destruction/injury.
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