destroy

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English

Etymology

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ
• Hyphenation: de‧stroy

Verb

destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)

2. (transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
3. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

4. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.

5. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
6. (transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.
7. (transitive, computing) To remove data.

8. (transitive, bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.

9. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

10. (transitive, US, slang) To sing a song extremely poorly.
11. (transitive, slang) To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.

    I could destroy some wings right now.

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