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11destroy — [v] demolish, devastate abort, annihilate, annul, axe*, blot out, break down, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill …
12destroy — ► VERB 1) put out of existence by severe damage or attack. 2) completely ruin or spoil. 3) kill (an animal) by humane means. ORIGIN Latin destruere, from struere build …
13destroy — 01. The criminal tried to [destroy] all the evidence. 02. His car was completely [destroyed] in the accident. 03. The [destruction] of habitat is being blamed for the decrease in the number of butterflies we are seeing this year. 04. This toy is… …
14destroy — verb 1 damage sth so badly that it no longer exists ADVERB ▪ completely, entirely, totally, utterly ▪ all but, almost, effectively, nearly, practically …
15destroy — /dI strOI/ verb (T) 1 to damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired or so that it no longer exists: The school was completely destroyed by fire. | an accident that destroyed her ballet career 2 to kill an animal, especially because it… …
16destroy — verb 1) their offices were destroyed by bombing Syn: demolish, knock down, level, raze (to the ground), fell; wreck, ruin, shatter; blast, blow up, dynamite, explode, bomb Ant: build …
17destroy — de|stroy W2S2 [dıˈstrɔı] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: destruire, from Latin destruere, from struere to build ] 1.) to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired →↑destruction… …
18destroy — destroyable, adj. /di stroy /, v.t. 1. 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. 2. to put an end to; extinguish. 3 …
19destroy — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to nothing] Syn. ruin, demolish, exterminate, raze, annihilate, tear down, throw down, plunder, ransack, pillage, eradicate, do away with, overthrow, cause the downfall of, devastate, swallow up, butcher, extirpate …
20destroy — de•stroy [[t]dɪˈstrɔɪ[/t]] v. t. 1) to reduce (a thing) to useless fragments or a useless form, as by smashing or burning; injure beyond repair; demolish 2) to put an end to; extinguish 3) to kill; slay 4) to render ineffective or useless;… …
