noun
- The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
- synonyms: devastation
- An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
- synonyms: demolition, wipeout
- A final state.
- usage: "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
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