The corpus record — Latin

destructio

destructio · f

a pulling down, destruction

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De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
Adversus Marcionem 19 · 2.29/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Adversus Praxean 2 · 1.35/10k
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Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

dēstructĭo — Lewis & Short

dēstructĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a pulling down, destruction.

I Prop.: murorum, Suet. Galb. 12: munitionum, Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 4.—

II Trop.: sententiarum (opp. confirmatio), a refuting, refutation, Quint. 10, 5, 12: appetentiae, disturbance, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 21, 203.

Where it came from

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