- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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