- 破壊【はかい】 - destruction, disruption, (application) crash 
- 壊す【こわす】 - to break, to destroy, to demolish, to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage, to break (a bill, etc.) 
- 壊れる【こわれる】 - to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged, to break (down), to stop working, to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.) 
- 崩壊【ほうかい】 - collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in, (radioactive) decay, disintegration 
- 壊滅【かいめつ】 - destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe 
- ぶち壊す【ぶちこわす】 - to destroy, to crush, to break by striking, to wreck, to spoil, to ruin 
- 損壊【そんかい】 - damage, destruction 
- 取り壊し【とりこわし】 - demolition, pulling down, destruction, dismantling 
- 倒壊【とうかい】 - destruction, collapse, crumbling 
- 取り壊す【とりこわす】 - to demolish, to tear down, to pull down 
- 壊死【えし】 - necrosis 
- 半壊【はんかい】 - partial destruction 
- 決壊【けっかい】 - burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee), breach, collapse, washout, rupture 
- 全壊【ぜんかい】 - complete destruction 
- 自壊【じかい】 - disintegration, self-destruction 
- 破壊的【はかいてき】 - destructive, devastating