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Definition of Destruct
1. Verb. Destroy (one's own missile or rocket). "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
2. 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, 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
Definition of Destruct
1. v. t. To destroy.
Definition of Destruct
1. Verb. (transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To self-destruct. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Destruct
1. to destroy [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: destroy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destruct
Literary usage of Destruct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"The issue is dead today, however, and need not concern you. destruct, self-destruct
Ever since the 1950s people have been writing to ask if there is such a ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"the convent severely for the part which it had taken in resisting his invasion.
[Lil>er <le Ну du, ed. Edwards, R. 8. ; destruct io ..."
3. Fowler's Practical Phrenology: Giving a Concise Elementary View of by Orson Squire Fowler (1840)
"... be honest in all his transactions where love of gain does not entice him
astray: with only moderate acquis., and large or very large destruct., combat., ..."
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