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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