destroy

destroy: verb

1 damage sth so badly that it no longer exists

ADVERB

▪ completely, entirely, totally, utterly

▪ all but, almost, effectively, nearly, practically, virtually

▪ Their lives have been virtually destroyed by this tragedy.

▪ largely

▪ partially, partly

▪ eventually, ultimately

▪ Our greed may ultimately destroy the planet.

▪ systematically

▪ The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.

▪ single-handedly

▪ That guy just single-handedly destroyed everything we've worked for.

▪ easily

▪ for ever, permanently

▪ immediately, instantly

▪ The bomb hit, instantly destroying the building.

▪ quickly, rapidly

▪ slowly

▪ Depression and despair slowly destroyed his life.

▪ deliberately

▪ accidentally, inadvertently

▪ physically

▪ He physically destroyed the computer by smashing it to pieces.

▪ literally

▪ The earthquake literally destroyed their villages.

▪ by fire

▪ The building was destroyed by fire last year.

VERB + DESTROY

▪ can, could, etc.

▪ Drugs can destroy the lives of young people.

▪ threaten to

▪ This disease threatens to destroy many of our native trees.

PHRASES

▪ an attempt to destroy sth

▪ a new attempt to destroy enemy positions

▪ be capable of destroying sth

▪ These weapons are capable of destroying the entire planet.

▪ be intent on destroying sth

▪ She seemed intent on destroying everything they had built up together.

2 kill an animal

ADVERB

▪ humanely

PHRASES

▪ have to be destroyed

▪ The horse fell and had to be destroyed.

Destroy is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑blast, ↑bomb, ↑cyclone, ↑earthquake, ↑explosion, ↑fire, ↑hurricane, ↑landslide, ↑locust, ↑missile, ↑tornado, ↑typhoon, ↑vandal, ↑virus

Destroy is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aircraft, ↑army, ↑bacteria, ↑base, ↑bridge, ↑building, ↑camp, ↑capitalism, ↑cell, ↑chance, ↑civilization, ↑competition, ↑confidence, ↑country, ↑credibility, ↑crop, ↑defence, ↑dignity, ↑document, ↑dog, ↑earth, ↑economy, ↑effectiveness, ↑embryo, ↑empire, ↑enemy, ↑essence, ↑evidence, ↑evil, ↑fabric, ↑faith, ↑file, ↑flavour, ↑fleet, ↑forest, ↑foundation, ↑friendship, ↑germ, ↑habitat, ↑heritage, ↑home, ↑hope, ↑illusion, ↑industry, ↑integrity, ↑liberty, ↑livelihood, ↑mankind, ↑missile, ↑monster, ↑monument, ↑morale, ↑myth, ↑negative, ↑neighbourhood, ↑nest, ↑network, ↑ozone, ↑planet, ↑property, ↑record, ↑regime, ↑relationship, ↑reputation, ↑ship, ↑symmetry, ↑system, ↑tank, ↑target, ↑trust, ↑unity, ↑vegetation, ↑vestige, ↑wall, ↑world

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Destroy 2 — Also known as Eye Chew Origin Osaka, Japan Genres Noise rock Hardcore punk Years active 1995–1996 … Wikipedia
Destroy! — Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota Genres Crust punk, grindcore Years active 1988–1994 Labels Havoc Records … Wikipedia
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destroy — I (efface) verb abort, annihilate, blast, blight, blot out, break to pieces, bring to ruin, burn, consume, corrode, deal destruction, decimate, deface, demolish, desolate, destruct, destruere, devastate, devour, diruere, disintegrate, dissolve,… … Law dictionary
Destroy — De*stroy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Destroyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Destroying}.] [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien, OF. destruire, F. d[ e]truire, fr. L. destruere, destructum; de + struere to pile up, build. See {Structure}.] 1. To unbuild; to pull… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
destroy — destroy, demolish, raze mean to pull or tear down. Destroy is so general in its application that it may imply the operation of any force that wrecks, kills, crushes, or annihilates {idestroy a nest of caterpillars} {destroy affection} {a building … New Dictionary of Synonyms
destroy — [di stroi′] vt. [ME destroien < OFr destruire < L destruere < de , down + struere, to build: see STRUCTURE] 1. to tear down; demolish 2. to break up or spoil completely; ruin 3. to bring to total defeat; crush 4. to put an end to; do… … English World dictionary
destroy — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. destroj] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż ndm {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} młodzieżowy styl bycia cechujący się wprowadzanymi celowo elementami bałaganu, nieładu; artystyczny nieład : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Destroy, czyli artystyczny… … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
destroy — (v.) early 13c., from O.Fr. destruire (12c., Mod.Fr. détruire) destroy, ravage, lay waste, from V.L. *destrugere (Cf. It. distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from L. destruere tear down, demolish, lit. un build, from de un ,… … Etymology dictionary
destroy — [v] demolish, devastate abort, annihilate, annul, axe*, blot out, break down, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill … New thesaurus

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