🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

distruzione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dis-troo-tsyo-neh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Doom/duːm/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La tempesta portò alla distruzione del villaggio."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A fate or destiny, especially one that is disastrous or foreboding.

    "The villagers feared the doom that awaited them if the storm hit."
As verb
  1. 1

    To condemn to certain destruction or death.

    "The reckless actions of the crew doomed the ship to sink."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'dōm' meaning judgment, statute, or decree, stemming from the Proto-Germanic '*dōmaz'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a neutral judicial sentence or fate to specifically signify ruin, death, or ultimate destruction in Middle English.

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