destroy
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verb- 1.
(ambitransitive)To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
- 2.
(transitive)To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
- 3.
(transitive)To put down or euthanize.
Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- 4.
(transitive)To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
- 5.
(informal, transitive)To utterly defeat; to crush.
Remember when Germany destroyed Brazil 7–1 in the World Cup?
- 6.
(transitive)(transitive, computing) To remove data.
The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
- 7.
(slang, transitive)(transitive, bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.
This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.
- 8.
(slang, transitive, vulgar)To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet.
- 9.
(US, slang, transitive)To sing a song extremely poorly.
- 10.
(slang, transitive)To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.
I could destroy some wings right now.
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ine-pro From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (un-, de-) + struō (to build).