Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Destructive distillation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products
The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way.