Destruction

noun

2. The act or process of destroying.

   "The destruction of the house was completed in two days."

3. The condition of having been destroyed.

   "Destruction from the tornado was extensive."

4. The cause or means of destroying.

   "weapons that could prove to be the destruction of humankind."

5. The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down, as of a building; subversion or overthrow, as of a government or a principle; ruin, as of a town, a crop, reputation, virtue, etc.; annihilation or deprivation of existence, as of a man or a forest.