† destructifyv.
rare.
transitive. To reduce to destruction.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)]
to bring to noughteOE
forspillc893
fordilghec900
to bring to naughtOE
astryea1200
stroyc1200
forferec1275
misdoa1325
destroyc1330
naught1340
dingc1380
beshenda1400
devoida1400
unshapea1400
to wend downa1400
brittenc1400
unloukc1400
perishc1426
defeat1435
unmake1439
lithc1450
spend1481
kill1530
to shend ofc1540
quade1565
to make away1566
discreate1570
wrake1570
wracka1586
unwork1587
gaster1609
defease1621
unbe1624
uncreate1633
destructa1638
naufragate1648
stifle1725
stramash1788
disannul1794
destructify1841
locust1868
to knock out1944
dick1972
1841 Fraser's Mag. 24 289 Enough to contaminate, poison, degrade, and destructify the whole race.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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v.1841- bring to pass
- bring to pot
- bring to proof
- bring to purpose
- bring to reason
- bring to remembrance
- bring to rights
- bring to speech
- bring to stall
- bring to state
- bring to terms
- bring to the bullring
- bring to the earth
- bring to the gangway
- bring to the ground
- bring to the halberds
- bring to the hammer
- bring to the ladder
- bring to the market
- bring to the neck-verse
- bring to the neckverse
- bring to the party
- bring to the pot
- bring to the proof
- bring to the scratch