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单词 destroy
释义 destroy
 —destroyable,  adj.  
 /di stroy"/,  v.t.  
  1. 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.
  2. to put an end to; extinguish.
  3. to kill; slay.
  4. to render ineffective or useless; nullify; neutralize; invalidate.
  5. to defeat completely.
  v.i.  
  6. to engage in destruction.
 [1175-1225; ME destroyen < OF destruire < VL *destrugere, for L destruere (de- DE- + struere to pick up, build)]
 Syn. 1. 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. extirpate, annihilate, uproot.
 Ant. 1, 2. create.
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