Synonyms:
laying_waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking
Meaning: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Synonyms:
razing, wrecking
Meaning: the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
Usage examples
A similar inundation also occurred at Atalanta, the island off the Opuntian Locrian coast, carrying away part of the Athenian fort and wrecking one of two ships which were drawn up on the beach.