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distruzione

destruction

noun dee-stroo-TSYOH-neh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'destruere', to pull down

Usage Note

Distruzione is destruction, plural distruzioni, and pairs with the verb distruggere. The cold-war phrase armi di distruzione di massa means 'weapons of mass destruction'. Note the z is pronounced as a sharp 'ts'.

Examples

"La guerra portò solo distruzione."

Natural Translation

The war brought only destruction.

Literal Translation

The war brought only destruction.

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