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Destroy
| Destroy Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Destroy?
[v] defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
[v] as of animals; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"
[v] destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
[v] do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Destroy: demolish |
destruct |
ruin
Related Terms | Find terms related to Destroy: abolish |
abuse |
afflict |
aggrieve |
annihilate |
annul |
assault |
atomize |
attack |
baffle |
balk |
barbarize |
batter |
beat |
beat all hollow |
beat hollow |
befoul |
bereave of life |
best |
bewitch |
blast |
blight |
botch |
brave |
break down |
break up |
bring to ruin |
brutalize |
burn |
butcher |
cancel out |
carry away |
carry off |
carry on |
challenge |
checkmate |
chloroform |
circumvent |
condemn |
confound |
confront |
confute |
consume |
contradict |
contravene |
corrupt |
counter |
counteract |
countermand |
counterwork |
cripple |
cross |
crucify |
crush |
curse |
cut down |
cut off |
damage |
damn |
dash |
deal destruction |
decapitate |
decimate |
defeat |
defile |
defy |
demolish |
deny |
deprave |
depredate |
deprive of life |
desolate |
despoil |
devastate |
devitalize |
devour |
disable |
disadvantage |
discomfit |
disconcert |
discountenance |
dish |
dismantle |
dispatch |
dispose of |
disprove |
disrupt |
disserve |
dissolve |
distress |
do a mischief |
do away with |
do evil |
do for |
do ill |
do in |
do to death |
do wrong |
do wrong by |
doom |
drub |
dynamite |
elude |
end |
enfeeble |
engorge |
envenom |
eradicate |
execute |
exhaust |
exterminate |
extinguish |
extirpate |
finish |
finish off |
fix |
flummox |
foil |
frustrate |
get into trouble |
go on |
gobble |
gobble up |
gut |
gut with fire |
hammer |
harass |
harm |
havoc |
hex |
hide |
hors de combat |
hurt |
immolate |
impair |
incinerate |
infect |
injure |
interfere with |
jinx |
kill |
knock the chocks |
lambaste |
lather |
launch into eternity |
lay in ruins |
lay waste |
lick |
liquidate |
loot |
lynch |
make away with |
maltreat |
mangle |
mar |
martyr |
martyrize |
maul |
menace |
mistreat |
molest |
mug |
mutilate |
negate |
neutralize |
nonplus |
nullify |
outclass |
outdo |
outfight |
outgeneral |
outmaneuver |
outpoint |
outrage |
outrun |
outsail |
outshine |
overthrow |
overturn |
perplex |
persecute |
pillage |
play havoc with |
play hob with |
poison |
pollute |
prejudice |
pull down |
pulverize |
purge |
put |
put away |
put down |
put to death |
put to sleep |
quench |
rage |
ramp |
rampage |
rant |
rape |
ravage |
rave |
raze |
refute |
remove from life |
reverse |
riot |
roar |
rub out |
rubble |
ruin |
ruinate |
sabotage |
sack |
sacrifice |
savage |
scathe |
scotch |
settle |
shatter |
shipwreck |
shoot |
skin |
skin alive |
slaughter |
slay |
smash |
sow chaos |
spike |
spoil |
starve |
stonewall |
stop |
storm |
stump |
swallow up |
taint |
take life |
take off |
tear |
tear around |
tear down |
terminate |
terrorize |
thrash |
threaten |
throw into disorder |
thwart |
torment |
torture |
trash |
trim |
triumph over |
trounce |
unbuild |
undermine |
undo |
unleash destruction |
unleash the hurricane |
unmake |
upheave |
upset |
vandalize |
vaporize |
violate |
waste |
weaken |
whip |
wipe |
wipe out |
worst |
wound |
wrack |
wreak havoc |
wreak havoc on |
wreck |
wrong
See Also | break |
break apart |
break up |
burn |
burn down |
bust |
bust up |
consume |
cut to ribbons |
defeat |
demolish |
demyelinate |
desolate |
despoil |
devastate |
devour |
dilapidate |
disassemble |
dismantle |
do away with |
eliminate |
end |
eradicate |
explode |
exterminate |
extirpate |
fire |
fracture |
get |
get rid of |
harry |
interdict |
kick down |
kick in |
kill |
kill |
lay waste to |
level |
overcome |
plunder |
pull down |
pulverise |
pulverize |
rape |
rase |
ravage |
raze |
self-destroy |
self-destruct |
shipwreck |
spoil |
subvert |
swallow |
sweep away |
take apart |
take down |
tear down |
undo |
unmake |
uproot |
vandalise |
vandalize |
violate |
wash out |
waste |
wipe out |
wrack |
wreck
Destroy In Webster's Dictionary
\De*stroy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Destroyed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Destroying}.] [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien,
OF. destruire, F. d['e]truire, 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}.
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