how to pronounce destruction

/dɪˈstɹʌk.ʃən/

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destruction is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of destruction in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… on a path to destruction essentially of …”

meaning of destruction

Destruction means the act of destroying something.

destruction frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word destruction occurs in english on average 23.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics destruction can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that destruction can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;