1. Dommage.
2. Dégât.
ETYM Latin destructio: cf. French destruction. Related to Destroy.
1. An event that destroys something; SYN. demolition.
2. Termination by an act of destruction; SYN. devastation.
ETYM Cf. French dévastation.
1. An event that results in total destruction; SYN. desolation.
2. The state of being decayed or destroyed; SYN. desolation, ruin.
ETYM W. hafog devastation, havoc; or, if this be itself from Eng. havoc, cf. Old Eng. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel or rapacious bird, or French hai, voux! a cry to hounds.
Violent and needless disturbance; SYN. mayhem.
(Familier) Cinglé.