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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•stroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/USA pronunciation v. [ ~ + obj]- to ruin (a thing) by demolishing;
injure beyond repair:Fire destroyed several stores in the area. - to put an end to:They destroyed communism from within.
- to kill;
slay:had to destroy the injured animal. - to defeat completely;
ruin;
wreck:I felt destroyed by the thought that she no longer needed me.
See -stru-. destroy is a verb, destructive is an adjective, destruction is a noun:The bombs destroyed the factory. The bombs were very destructive. The destruction caused by the bombs was tremendous. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•stroy (di stroi′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving;
injure beyond repair or renewal;
demolish;
ruin;
annihilate. - to put an end to;
extinguish. - to kill;
slay. - to render ineffective or useless;
nullify;
neutralize;
invalidate. - to defeat completely.
v.i. - to engage in destruction.
- Vulgar Latin *dēstrūgere, for Latin dēstruere (dē- de- + struere to pick up, build)
- Old French destruire
- Middle English destroyen 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged smash, level, waste, ravage, devastate. Destroy, demolish, raze imply reducing a thing to uselessness. To destroy is to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its powers and functions so that restoration is impossible:Fire destroys a building. Disease destroys tissues.To demolish is to destroy something organized or structured:to demolish a machine.To raze is to level down to the ground:to raze a fortress.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extirpate, annihilate, uproot.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged create.
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