'Destroy' definitions:
Definition of 'destroy'
(from WordNet)
verb
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" [syn: destroy, destruct]
verb
Destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" [syn: destroy, ruin]
verb
Defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors" [syn: demolish, destroy]
verb
Put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" [syn: destroy, put down]
Definition of 'Destroy'
From: GCIDE
- Destroy \De*stroy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destroyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Destroying.] [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien, OF. destruire, F. d['e]truire, fr. L. destruere, destructum; de + struere to pile up, build. See Structure.]
- 1. To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish. [1913 Webster]
- But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. --Ex. xxxiv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume. [1913 Webster]
- I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation. --Jer. xii. 17. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill. [1913 Webster]
- If him by force he can destroy, or, worse, By some false guile pervert. --Milton.
- Syn: To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle; ruin; throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate; deface; extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See Demolish. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'destroy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abolish,
- abuse,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- assault,
- atomize,
- attack,
- baffle,
- balk,
- barbarize,
- batter,
- beat,
- beat all hollow,
- beat hollow,
- befoul,
- bereave of life,
- best,
- bewitch,
- blast,
- blight,
- botch,
- brave,
- break down,
- break up,
- bring to ruin,
- brutalize,
- burn,
- butcher,
- cancel out,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- carry on,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- chloroform,
- circumvent,
- condemn,
- confound,
- confront,
- confute,
- consume,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- corrupt,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cripple,
- cross,
- crucify,
- crush,
- curse,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- damage,
- damn,
- dash,
- deal destruction,
- decapitate,
- decimate,
- defeat,
- defile,
- defy,
- demolish,
- deny,
- deprave,
- depredate,
- deprive of life,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- devastate,
- devitalize,
- devour,
- disable,
- disadvantage,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- dismantle,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- disprove,
- disrupt,
- disserve,
- dissolve,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do away with,
- do evil,
- do for,
- do ill,
- do in,
- do to death,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- drub,
- dynamite,
- elude,
- end,
- enfeeble,
- engorge,
- envenom,
- eradicate,
- execute,
- exhaust,
- exterminate,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fix,
- flummox,
- foil,
- frustrate,
- get into trouble,
- go on,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- hammer,
- harass,
- harm,
- havoc,
- hex,
- hide,
- hors de combat,
- hurt,
- immolate,
- impair,
- incinerate,
- infect,
- injure,
- interfere with,
- jinx,
- kill,
- knock the chocks,
- lambaste,
- lather,
- launch into eternity,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- lick,
- liquidate,
- loot,
- lynch,
- make away with,
- maltreat,
- mangle,
- mar,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- maul,
- menace,
- mistreat,
- molest,
- mug,
- mutilate,
- negate,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outfight,
- outgeneral,
- outmaneuver,
- outpoint,
- outrage,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outshine,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- perplex,
- persecute,
- pillage,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- pull down,
- pulverize,
- purge,
- put,
- put away,
- put down,
- put to death,
- put to sleep,
- quench,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rampage,
- rant,
- rape,
- ravage,
- rave,
- raze,
- refute,
- remove from life,
- reverse,
- riot,
- roar,
- rub out,
- rubble,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- sabotage,
- sack,
- sacrifice,
- savage,
- scathe,
- scotch,
- settle,
- shatter,
- shipwreck,
- shoot,
- skin,
- skin alive,
- slaughter,
- slay,
- smash,
- sow chaos,
- spike,
- spoil,
- starve,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- storm,
- stump,
- swallow up,
- taint,
- take life,
- take off,
- tear,
- tear around,
- tear down,
- terminate,
- terrorize,
- thrash,
- threaten,
- throw into disorder,
- thwart,
- torment,
- torture,
- trash,
- trim,
- triumph over,
- trounce,
- unbuild,
- undermine,
- undo,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- unmake,
- upheave,
- upset,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- violate,
- waste,
- weaken,
- whip,
- wipe,
- wipe out,
- worst,
- wound,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreak havoc on,
- wreck,
- wrong