to bring (also †do,etc.) (all) to nought: = to bring to naught at naught, pron. 2a. Now archaic.

transitive. To destroy, lose.

transitive. To exterminate, destroy.

to bring (also †do) to naught: (in early use literal) to reduce to nothing, to destroy; (in later use chiefly figurative) to frustrate. Cf. nought…

transitive. To destroy.

transitive. To destroy.

transitive. To destroy.

transitive. To harm or mistreat physically; to destroy, put out of existence. Also (reflexive): to injure or kill oneself. Obsolete.

To undo, break into useless pieces, or reduce into a useless form, consume, or dissolve (any material structure or object).

transitive. To refrain from, to shun. Cf. nought, v. 1. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To strike (something) hard enough to break or destroy it; to smash or destroy comprehensively or completely. Chiefly with a…

transitive. To ruin.

transitive. To cast out, get rid of, do away with, remove, expel; to void. Obsolete.

transitive. To deform; to destroy. Also figurative.

transitive. To overthrow, destroy.

transitive. To demolish, destroy; to smash, shatter. Obsolete.

figurative. transitive. To dissolve, destroy; to put an end to.

To destroy, wreck, or ruin (a physical thing, esp. a ship or building). transitive. In active use with object. Obsolete.

transitive. To ruin, destroy; to do away with. Obsolete.

transitive. To effect the failure of; to ruin, bring to nothing. Cf. make, v.1 69a.

transitive. To cut off, sever. Also: to destroy.

To bring to a violent end; to destroy; to consume by destruction or wasting; †to disperse or dissipate; to reduce or convert into something.

transferred. To destroy the vitality of (any organism or organic substance), the activity of (a disease, etc.). Also, in later use, To destroy…

In the Destruction of Troy the phrase to shend of is apparently equivalent to the transitive uses, to dishonour, to destroy, injure. Obsolete.

transitive. Probably: to destroy, spoil.

transitive. To destroy (a thing).

transitive. To undo the creation of; to unmake; to destroy. Cf. uncreate, v.

To hurt, harm, or injure severely; to damage, wreck, or ruin materially.

To render useless by breaking, shattering, etc.; to injure or spoil severely; to destroy.

To spoil, mar, or destroy. Obsolete. rare.

To destroy.

transitive. To undo, destroy. Obsolete. rare.

To deprive of being; to make non-existent.

transitive. To undo the creation of; to unmake. Also reflexive.

= destroy, v. Also as n. attributive.

transitive. To wreck (figurative in quots.).

To extinguish or quench (a physical quality).

(See quot. 1788.)

transitive. Chiefly English regional. More generally: to put an end to, destroy, remove. Also in weakened use: to inconvenience, incommode; to…

transitive. To reduce to destruction.

transitive. To devour or destroy (something) in a locust-like manner. Also intransitive.

transitive. To eliminate, remove forcibly, get rid of, destroy. Originally U.S.

transitive. To damage (something); to ruin, spoil; to destroy. Cf. to dick up at phrasal verbs 1.