Relationships Related Term:  disposal disposition maceration pulping shredding n. ~ A disposal process that results in the obliteration of records. Notes:  At a minimum, destruction may be no more com [..]

early 14c., from Old French destruction (12c.) and directly from Latin destructionem (nominative destructio) "a pulling down, destruction," from past participle stem of destruere "tear [..]

noun demolition, devastation

Destructionin Job 26:6 Job 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.

Destruction, City of( Isaiah 19:18 ; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the overthrow of heathenism), the ideal title of On or Heliopolis (q.v [..]

ruin.

The act of destroying or mutilating a work of art

the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something end: a final state; [..]

in Job 26:6, 28:22 (Heb. abaddon) is sheol, the realm of the dead.

(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the overthrow of heathenism), the ideal title of On or Heliopolis (q.v.).

In archives, the process of obliterating records that are no longer of value but remain too sensitive to be simply discarded as trash. For paper records, the most common methods are shredding and pulp [..]

The process of eliminating or deleting records beyond any possible reconstruction.

The National Archives authorises disposal of Commonwealth records (including destruction) for the purposes of the Archives Act 1983. Destruction should be carried out by an approved method such as shredding or, in the case of electronic records, rendering them unreadable.

(n) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists(n) an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something(n) a final st [..]

exitium, eversio, perditio

Prince of Destruction. Tamerlane or Timour the Tartar (1335, 1360–1405.)

High Temperature destruction of waste by burning with subsequent reduction to ashes or conversion to an inert mass.

(RM) In the disposition of records, the action taken on temporary records which have met their prescribed retention period. In large records centers, destruction is usually accomplished through a recycling program. Also known as disposal.

The act of destroying. ''The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.'' The results of a destructive event. ''Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloo [..]

===Noun=== ====reduction to nothing==== =====Synonyms===== annihilation demolition destruction elimination eradication extermination extinguishment extirpation obliteration razing uprooting wiping o [..]