destroy
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bodybuilding
computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
Etymology: From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”).
Inflected forms:
form: destroys
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: destroying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: destroyed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: destroyed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Destroy this temple, and in three dayes I will raise it vp.
Repeated use of this type of [water] on plants results in deflocculation[] of the soil. Good quality soil consists of loose aggregates which provide natural aeration and ease of root run. Sodium accumulation in soil destroys this natural flocculation and causes the soil to pack.
Krav is a martial art of last resort that assumes no quarter and focuses purely on disarming, disabling and, if necessary, destroying your opponent.
gloss: To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
gloss: To put down or euthanize.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
gloss: To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation.
gloss: To utterly defeat; to crush.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: Remember when Germany destroyed Brazil 7–1 in the World Cup?
Growing up, [Kevin] Durant told me, he was a sore loser. That all changed one day when he was 11, after he got destroyed by his father in a game of one on one in the driveway.
gloss: To remove data.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
gloss: To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.
gloss: To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
vulgar
examples: She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet.
gloss: To sing a song extremely poorly.
pos: verb
tags: US
slang
transitive
examples: JAMES CARTER: The man's destroying a classic!
gloss: To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: I could destroy some wings right now.
Synonyms: annihilate
break
demolish
kill
ruin
waste
destroy
aerosolize
atomize
benothing
bewreck
blot out
blotto
dash
decompose
desolate
devastate
diffuse
disintegrate
disperse
dissolve
eliminate
eradicate
erase
exterminate
extinguish
extirpate
fordo
fuck
harry
jazz
lay waste
level
liquidate
nuke
obliterate
overthrow
overturn
pull down
pulverize
race
raze
ravage
ravel
remove
ruinate
stamp out
total
subvert
unbreed
unexist
unmake
uproot
wipe out
wipe off
wreck
Antonyms: build
construct
create
make
raise
repair
produce
rebuild
recover
Related words: destruct
destructible
destruction
destructive
Derived words: destroyability
destroyable
destroyal
Destroy Dick December
destroyed jeans
destroyer
destroyer escort
destroying angel
destroyingly
downstroy
redestroy
undestroy
undestroyed
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