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Definition of Destructed
1. destruct [v] - See also: destruct
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destructed
Literary usage of Destructed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"I say destructed in place of destroyed because the latter word has come to enjoy
the questionable privilege of meaning more than belongs to it by right of ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1824)
"We shall all be destructed, sir ! — Oh laws ! where is your honour's double-barrelled
gun? Cook. Oh laws, sir ! if it was to be shot off up the chimbley, ..."
3. Select Statutes, Cases, and Documents to Illustrate English Constitutional by Charles Grant Robertson (1904)
"... or endeavoured to be controlled, or the execution thereof destructed, by the
lower house of parliament, who are no court, nor have any authority to ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... deliberately destructed on launch —Springfield (Mass.) Sunday Republican, 19
May 1968 A noun destruct was formed at the same time as the revived verb. ..."
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