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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