DESTRUCT
destroy, destruct
(verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; “The fire destroyed the house”
destruct
(verb) destroy (one’s own missile or rocket); “The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
destruct (third-person singular simple present destructs, present participle destructing, simple past and past participle destructed)
(transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
Synonym: destroy
(intransitive) To self-destruct.
Source: Wiktionary
De*struct", v. t. Etym: [L. destructus, p. p. of destruere. See Destroy.]
Definition: To destroy. [Obs.] Mede.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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