Destroy Meaning and Definition


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Destroy meaning

Word: Destroy

How to pronounce: dɪsˈtrɔɪ

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.

Example sentences: "The room had been destroyed by fire"


Synonyms:

ruin

corrupt

annihilate

wipe out

eradicate

extirpate

abolish

kill off

kill

slay

mortify

take

decimate

ravage

devastate

wipe

devour

obliterate

erase

rub out

demolish

raze

undo

nullify

overthrow

tear down

pull down

blight

wreck

desolate

exterminate

consume

eliminate

liquidate

extinguish

vandalize

smash

shatter

crush

vandalise

break

put down

vaporize

pulverize

disrupt

erode

destruct

wrack

defeat

waste

wrecking

subvert


Antonyms:

rid

make

recover

create

produce

build

restore

generate

relieve

raise

construct

rebuild

erect

increase


Derivations:

destroying

destroyer

destroyed


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Destroy in Other Languages...

Spanish: Destruir

German: Zerstören

French: Détruire

Italian: Distruggere

Turkish: Yıkmak


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