Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Middle English
destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō,
from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I
build”). Displaced native Old English shend (“destroy, injure”).
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes. -
(intransitive) To cause destruction. - Hooligans destroy
unprovoked - (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or
condition. - Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- (transitive) To put down or euthanize. - Destroying a rabid
dog is required by law. - (colloquial, transitive) To defeat
soundly. - (computing, transitive) To remove data. - The memory
leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
to damage beyond use or repair to cause destruction to put down
or euthanize (e.g. an animal) (computing) to remove data (e.g.,
from memory) (colloquial) to defeat soundly - The translations
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