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destroy
[ dih-stroi ]
verb (used with object)
- to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
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- to put an end to; extinguish.
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- to kill; slay.
- to defeat completely.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in destruction.
destroy
/ ɪˈٰɔɪ /
verb
- to ruin; spoil; render useless
- to tear down or demolish; break up; raze
- to put an end to; do away with; extinguish
- to kill or annihilate
- to crush, subdue, or defeat
- intr to be destructive or cause destruction
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Derived Forms
- ˈٰDzⲹ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ·ٰDza· adjective
- -·ٰDz adjective
- d·ٰDz verb (used with object)
- -·ٰDz adjective
- -·ٰDziԲ adjective
- ܲd·ٰDz adjective
- ɱ-·ٰDz adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of destroy1
C13: from Old French destruire, from Latin ŧٰܱ to pull down, from de- + struere to pile up, build
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Synonym Study
Destroy, demolish, raze imply reducing a thing to uselessness. To destroy is to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its powers and functions so that restoration is impossible: Fire destroys a building. Disease destroys tissues. To demolish is to destroy something organized or structured: to demolish a machine. To raze is to level down to the ground: to raze a fortress.
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Barcelona didn't just beat them – they destroyed them.
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John Moe The posted his prediction on 9 April, just two weeks after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed 3,500 people and destroyed centuries-old temples in the South East Asian nation.
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When he was up for the nomination, Democrats and many in the media went all-in in an attempt to destroy Hegseth.
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"We do not need any more lives to be destroyed by this."
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Nobody is telling this deeply damaged, destroyed human being the truth about anything that could bring him down.
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