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Definition of Destroy
1. Verb. Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of. "The fire destroyed the house"
Specialized synonyms: Kill, Do Away With, Eliminate, Extinguish, Get Rid Of, Self-destroy, Self-destruct, Destruct, End, Fracture, Sweep Away, Wipe Out, Interdict, Demolish, Pulverise, Pulverize, Break Apart, Break Up, Disassemble, Dismantle, Take Apart, Dismantle, Level, Pull Down, Rase, Raze, Take Down, Tear Down, Eradicate, Exterminate, Extirpate, Root Out, Uproot, Dilapidate, Demyelinate
Generic synonyms: Undo, Unmake
Derivative terms: Destroyer, Destroyer, Destructible, Destruction, Destructive
2. Verb. Destroy completely; damage irreparably. "The tears ruined her make-up"
Specialized synonyms: Burn, Burn Down, Fire, Desolate, Devastate, Lay Waste To, Ravage, Scourge, Waste, Harry, Ravage, Break, Break, Bust, Vandalise, Vandalize, Do A Job On, Subvert, Get, Devour, Despoil, Plunder, Rape, Spoil, Violate, Explode, Consume, Shipwreck, Bust Up, Wrack, Wreck, Kick Down, Kick In, Wash Out
Derivative terms: Destroyer, Destroyer, Destructible, Destruction, Destruction, Ruin, Ruin, Ruin, Ruination, Ruiner, Ruining
3. Verb. Defeat soundly. "The fighter managed to destroy his opponent"; "The home team demolished the visitors"
Specialized synonyms: Smash, Swallow, Cut To Ribbons
Generic synonyms: Defeat, Get The Better Of, Overcome
Derivative terms: Demolition
4. Verb. Put (an animal) to death. "The sick cat had to be put down"
Definition of Destroy
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Destroy
1. Verb.
2. Verb. (intransitive) To cause destruction. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To put down or euthanize. ¹
5. Verb. (colloquial transitive) To defeat soundly. ¹
6. Verb. (computing transitive) To remove data. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Destroy
1. to damage beyond repair or renewal [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destroy
Literary usage of Destroy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"The prince's sorrows we will sing, Which the Fates sorely did annoy, And God in
mercy would not destroy. “After Worcester most fatall fight, When that King ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"In vain did Cochrane signal 'All the enemy's ships except two are on shore ;' '
The enemy's ships can be destroyed ; ' ' Half the fleet can destroy the ..."
3. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"Such excesses not only destroy firmness of will ; all power of judgment gets ...
Nor let the refusal be final ; that would be to destroy dependence ; let ..."
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