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Destroy

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Verb

1. destroy, destruct

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

Example Sentences:
'The fire destroyed the house'

2. destroy, ruin

destroy completely; damage irreparably

Example Sentences:
'You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!'
'The tears ruined her make-up'

3. demolish, destroy

defeat soundly

Example Sentences:
'The home team demolished the visitors'

4. destroy, put down

put (an animal) to death

Example Sentences:
'The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid'
'the sick cat had to be put down'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Destroy

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verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to ruin; spoil; render useless
2. 
to tear down or demolish; break up; raze
3. 
to put an end to; do away with; extinguish
4. 
to kill or annihilate
5. 
to crush, subdue, or defeat
6. (intransitive)
to be destructive or cause destruction

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Destroy

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verb transitive
1. 
to tear down; demolish
2. 
to break up or spoil completely; ruin
3. 
to bring to total defeat; crush
4. 
to put an end to; do away with
5. 
to kill
6. 
to neutralize the effect of
7. 
to make useless
verb intransitive
8. 
to bring about destruction

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Destroy

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v. de·stroyed, de·stroy·ing, de·stroys
v.tr.
1. To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity: The fire destroyed the library. The tumor was destroyed with a laser.
2. To put an end to; eliminate: "In crowded populations, poverty destroys the possibility of cleanliness" (George Bernard Shaw).
3. To render useless or ruin: felt that an overemphasis on theory had destroyed the study of literature.
4. To put to death; kill: destroy a rabid dog.
5. To subdue or defeat completely; crush: The rebel forces were destroyed in battle.
6. To cause emotional trauma to; devastate: The divorce destroyed him.
v.intr.
To be destructive; cause destruction: "Too much money destroys as surely as too little" (John Simon).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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