DESTROY
\dɪstɹˈɔ͡ɪ], \dɪstɹˈɔɪ], \d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɔɪ]\
Definitions of DESTROY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
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destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
By Princeton University
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defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
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destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
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To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
By Oddity Software
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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
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To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To pull down or demolish, so that as a structure it no longer exists; to ruin or annihilate by demolishing or burning; to overthrow and put an end to; to lay waste; to slay; to extirpate; to resolve a body into its parts or elements.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
