destroy

  • 21destroy —   Luku, ho opau, hana make.   Also: ai, pāluku, pōluku, luma i, kāpapa, apu, kapakū, aihumuhumu, humuhumu, ānai, hamu, me ea, ulupā, ōmilo, laumilo, ōkā, ho okae. See sayings, manō, pau 1, pulu 3, tail. Destroy completely, luku ho opapau, ho opau …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 22destroy — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French destroy , destrui , stem of destrure, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, alteration of Latin destruere, from de + struere to build more at structure Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to ruin the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23destroy — [[t]dɪstrɔ͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦ destroys, destroying, destroyed 1) VERB To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more. [V n] That s a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating… …

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  • 24destroy — verb 1) their offices were destroyed by bombing Syn: demolish, knock down, level, raze to the ground, fell, blow up 2) traffic would destroy the conservation area Syn: spoil, ruin, wreck, blight …

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  • 25destroy */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈstrɔɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms destroy : present tense I/you/we/they destroy he/she/it destroys present participle destroying past tense destroyed past participle destroyed 1) to damage something so severely that it no longer… …

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  • 26destroy*/*/*/ — [dɪˈstrɔɪ] verb [T] to damage or harm something so severely that it cannot exist as it was before An earthquake destroyed the town.[/ex] This action destroyed any hope of reaching an agreement.[/ex] • Word family: destroy Words in the same family …

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  • 27destroy — /dəˈstrɔɪ / (say duh stroy) verb (t) 1. to reduce to pieces or to a useless form; ruin; spoil; demolish. 2. to put an end to; extinguish. 3. to kill; slay. 4. Veterinary Science to put down (an animal). 5. to render ineffective; nullify;… …

  • 28Destroy — Artículo principal: Movimiento punk El anglicismo Destroy se utiliza a veces dentro del movimiento punk para dos cosas principalmente: primero para nombrar la estética transgresora; o si no para referirse a las actitudes o corrientes violentas,… …

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  • 29destroy — verb a) <div id= v1 > To damage beyond use or repair.</div> The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes. b) To cause destruction. Hooligans destroy unprovoked Syn …

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  • 30destroy — [13] As in the case of demolish, to destroy something is almost literally to ‘unbuild’ it. The word comes via Old French destruire from *dēstrūgere, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēstrūere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins