Definition of Destroys

1. Verb. (third-person singular of destroy) ¹

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Definition of Destroys

1. destroy [v] - See also: destroy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Destroys

destroyed
destroyed jeans
destroyer
destroyer escort
destroyer escorts
destroyer leader
destroyer leaders
destroyer minesweeper
destroyer minesweepers
destroyers
destroyest
destroyeth
destroyin'
destroying
destroying angel
destroys (current term)
destruct
destructed
destructibility
destructible
destructibleness
destructing
destruction
destruction fire
destruction permit
destructionist
destructionists
destructions
destructive
destructive-metabolic(a)

Literary usage of Destroys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"But Christ bruises the head of this cursed seed of enmity, and destroys the ... But in the seed, which destroys the devil and his works, and bruises the ..."

2. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity. The deceit is regarded as treason and the deceiver as a traitor, which is worse. ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"(5) Combining various microorganisms destroys immunity in some experimental cases. thérapie (Leipzig, 1892) ; Sternberg, Immunity: Protective Inoculations ..."

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