destroy
Meaning of destroy
verb
- To damage beyond use or repair.
Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
- To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
- To put down or euthanize.
Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
- To defeat soundly.
- To remove data.
The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
- To sing a song poorly.
- (antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.
This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.
- To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet.
Information about destroy
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of destroy is: destroys.
- Languages in which destroy is used:
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Hyphenation of destroy
de-stroy
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- destroy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
destroy synonyms
Meaning destruct:
Meaning ruin:
Meaning demolish:
Meaning :
annihilate, break, kill, waste
destroy antonyms
Meaning :
build, construct, create, make, raise, repair
Translation of destroy
- French: détruire, démolir
- German: zerstören, vernichten
- Spanish: destruir, deshacer, destrozar
- Portuguese: destruir
- Italian: distruggere
Anagrams of destroy
Words that rhyme with destroy
Troy, troy, Peatroy, octroy, predestroy, stroy
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