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DESTROY
demolish, destroy
(verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly; “The home team demolished the visitors”
destroy, put down
(verb) put (an animal) to death; “The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid”; “the sick cat had to be put down”
destroy, ruin
(verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably; “You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!”; “The tears ruined her make-up”
destroy, destruct
(verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; “The fire destroyed the house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
(transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
(transitive) To put down or euthanize.
(transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
(colloquial, transitive, hyperbolic) To defeat soundly.
(computing, transitive) To remove data.
(US, colloquial, slang) To sing a song poorly.
(bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.
(slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
Synonyms
• annihilate
• break
• demolish
• kill
• ruin
• waste
• See also destroy
Antonyms
• build
• construct
• create
• make
• raise
• repair
Anagrams
• stroyed
Source: Wiktionary
De*stroy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destroyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Destroying.] Etym: [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien, OF. destruire, F. détruire, fr. L. destruere, destructum; de + struere to pile up, build. See Structure.]
1. To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish. But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. Ex. xxxiv. 13.
2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume. I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation. Jer. xii. 17.
3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill. If him by force he can destroy, or, worse, By some false guile pervert. Milton.
Syn.
– To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle; ruin; throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate; deface; extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See Demolish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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