Destroy
WordNet
verb
(1) Defeat soundly
"The home team demolished the visitors"
(2) Put to death
"The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"
(3) Destroy completely; damage irreparably
"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"
"The tears ruined her make-up"
(4) Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
"The fire destroyed the house"
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Etymology
From destroyen, from destruire, from Vulgar Latin destrugere, an alteration of destruere, itself from de- 'un-' + struere 'to build'
Verb
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- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- To cause destruction.
- Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
- Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palet
- To put down or euthanize.
- Destroying rabid dog is imposed by law.
- To defeat soundly.
- To remove data.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.