ALL meanings of destroy
de·stroy
D d - verb destroy to be destructive or cause destruction 3
- verb destroy If an animal is destroyed, it is killed, either because it is ill or because it is dangerous. 3
- verb destroy To destroy someone means to ruin their life or to make their situation impossible to bear. 3
- verb destroy To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more. 3
- verb destroy to ruin; spoil; render useless 3
- verb destroy to tear down or demolish; break up; raze 3
- verb destroy to put an end to; do away with; extinguish 3
- verb destroy to kill or annihilate 3
- verb destroy to crush, subdue, or defeat 3
- verb transitive destroy to tear down; demolish 3
- verb transitive destroy to break up or spoil completely; ruin 3
- verb transitive destroy to bring to total defeat; crush 3
- verb transitive destroy to put an end to; do away with 3
- verb transitive destroy to kill 3
- verb transitive destroy to neutralize the effect of 3
- verb transitive destroy to make useless 3
- intransitive verb destroy to bring about destruction 3
- verb with object destroy to put an end to; extinguish. 1
- intransitive verb destroy act to destroy 1
- verb with object destroy 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. 1
- verb with object destroy to kill; slay. 1
- verb with object destroy to render ineffective or useless; nullify; neutralize; invalidate. 1
- verb with object destroy to defeat completely. 1
- verb without object destroy to engage in destruction. 1
- noun destroy See decimate. 1
- noun destroy Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it. 1
- transitive verb destroy demolish physically 1
- transitive verb destroy ruin, spoil 1
- transitive verb destroy confidence, reputation: wreck 1
- transitive verb destroy animal: euthanize 1
- transitive verb destroy devastate emotionally 1
- transitive verb destroy neutralize, nullify 1
- verb destroy (Transitive Verb) To damage beyond use or repair. 0
- verb destroy (Intransitive Verb) To cause destruction. 0
- verb destroy (Transitive Verb) To neutralize, undo a property or condition. 0
- verb destroy (Transitive Verb) To put down or euthanize. 0
- verb destroy (Colloquial) VT To defeat soundly. 0
- verb destroy (Transitive Verb) (computing) To remove data. 0