destroy
To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
Example
“The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.”
Other meanings
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
“Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.”
To put down or euthanize.
“Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.”
Related words
- undestroyed
- destroyability
- destroyal
- downstroy
- redestroy
- undestroy
- destroyingly
- destroyable
- destroyer
- destroyed jeans
- destroyer escort
- destroying angel
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "dēstruō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “destroy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.