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Definition of Destroy

  • 1. Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of Verb
  • 2. Destroy completely; damage irreparably Verb
  • 3. Defeat soundly and humiliatingly Verb
  • 4. Put (an animal) to death Verb

Synonyms for word "destroy"

  • demolish
  • put down
  • ruin
  • destruct

Semanticaly linked words with "destroy"

  • kill
  • do away with
  • eliminate
  • extinguish
  • get rid of
  • undo
  • unmake
  • self-destroy
  • self-destruct
  • destruct
  • end
  • fracture
  • sweep away
  • wipe out
  • interdict
  • demolish
  • pulverise
  • pulverize
  • break apart
  • break up
  • disassemble
  • dismantle
  • take apart
  • level
  • pull down
  • rase
  • raze
  • take down
  • tear down
  • eradicate
  • exterminate
  • extirpate
  • root out
  • uproot
  • dilapidate
  • demyelinate
  • burn
  • burn down
  • fire
  • desolate
  • devastate
  • lay waste to
  • ravage
  • scourge
  • waste
  • harry
  • break
  • bust
  • vandalise
  • vandalize
  • do a job on
  • subvert
  • get
  • devour
  • despoil
  • plunder
  • rape
  • spoil
  • violate
  • explode
  • consume
  • shipwreck
  • bust up
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • kick down
  • kick in
  • wash out
  • smash
  • swallow
  • cut to ribbons
  • defeat
  • get the better of
  • overcome
  • kill

Lexical Analysis for "destroy"

  1. destructive
    Adjective
    derivation
    1
    1. causing destruction or much damage
  2. destructible
    Adjective
    derivation
    2
    1. easily destroyed
    2. easily destroyed
  3. destroyer
    Noun
    derivation
    4
    1. a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
    2. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
    3. a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
    4. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
  4. destruction
    Noun
    derivation
    3
    1. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
    2. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
    3. the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Words Rhyme with destroy
  • destroy
  • self-destroy
Etymology for destroy
  • etymology destroyable
  • etymology destroyeth
  • etymology destroying
  • variant:orthography destroi
  • etymologically related destruct
  • etymologically related destructible
  • etymologically related destruction
  • etymologically related destructive
  • etymological origin of destroyen
  • is derived from destroyed
  • is derived from destroyer
  • is derived from destroyer escort
  • is derived from destroying
  • is derived from destroying angel
  • is derived from destroys
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