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de·struct

D0166800 (dĭ-strŭkt′, dē′strŭkt′)n. The intentional, usually remote-controlled destruction of a space vehicle, rocket, or missile after launching, as for defective performance or reasons of safety.v. de·struct·ed, de·struct·ing, de·structs v.tr. To destroy intentionally (a rocket or missile) after launch.v.intr. To self-destruct.

[Back-formation from destruction.]

destruct

(dɪˈstrʌkt) vb1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) to destroy (one's own missile or rocket) for safety2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (intr) (of a missile or rocket) to be destroyed, for safety, by those controlling it; self-destructn (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the act of destructingadj (Military) designed to be capable of destroying itself or the object, system, or installation containing it: destruct mechanism.

de•struct

(dɪˈstrʌkt) n. 1. the act or process of intentional destruction, as of a rocket or missile. v.t. 2. to destroy. v.i. 3. to self-destruct. [1955–60; back formation from destruction] de•struc′tor, n.

destruct

Past participle: destructed
Gerund: destructing

Imperative
destruct
destruct

Present
I destruct
you destruct
he/she/it destructs
we destruct
you destruct
they destruct

Preterite
I destructed
you destructed
he/she/it destructed
we destructed
you destructed
they destructed

Present Continuous
I am destructing
you are destructing
he/she/it is destructing
we are destructing
you are destructing
they are destructing

Present Perfect
I have destructed
you have destructed
he/she/it has destructed
we have destructed
you have destructed
they have destructed

Past Continuous
I was destructing
you were destructing
he/she/it was destructing
we were destructing
you were destructing
they were destructing

Past Perfect
I had destructed
you had destructed
he/she/it had destructed
we had destructed
you had destructed
they had destructed

Future
I will destruct
you will destruct
he/she/it will destruct
we will destruct
you will destruct
they will destruct

Future Perfect
I will have destructed
you will have destructed
he/she/it will have destructed
we will have destructed
you will have destructed
they will have destructed

Future Continuous
I will be destructing
you will be destructing
he/she/it will be destructing
we will be destructing
you will be destructing
they will be destructing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been destructing
you have been destructing
he/she/it has been destructing
we have been destructing
you have been destructing
they have been destructing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been destructing
you will have been destructing
he/she/it will have been destructing
we will have been destructing
you will have been destructing
they will have been destructing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been destructing
you had been destructing
he/she/it had been destructing
we had been destructing
you had been destructing
they had been destructing

Conditional
I would destruct
you would destruct
he/she/it would destruct
we would destruct
you would destruct
they would destruct

Past Conditional
I would have destructed
you would have destructed
he/she/it would have destructed
we would have destructed
you would have destructed
they would have destructed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	destruct - destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	2.	destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"destroykill - destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"unmake, undo - deprive of certain characteristicsself-destroy, self-destruct - do away with oneself or itself; "The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it"destruct - destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"end - put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"fracture - interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"sweep away, wipe out - eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out"interdict - destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communicationdemolish, pulverise, pulverize - destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"break apart, disassemble, take apart, dismantle, break up - take apart into its constituent piecespull down, rase, raze, dismantle, tear down, level, take down - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"extirpate, root out, uproot, eradicate, exterminate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"dilapidate - bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misusedemyelinate - destroy the myelin sheath of; "the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers"

destruct

verbAerospace. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck.

Translations

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Synonyms for destruct

verb to pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible

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Synonyms for destruct

verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)

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verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

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