DESTROY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of destroy in English destroyverb [ T ] uk /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ us /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 to damage something so badly that it cannot be used: Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war.completely/totally destroy The accident seemed to have completely/totally destroyed his confidence. to kill an animal because it is ill, in pain, or dangerous

• These guns will destroy or disable any incoming missile.
• Many important historical documents were destroyed in the fire.
• In 1906 an earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.
• A bomb fell on the church and destroyed it.
• Deforestation is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest.

Destroying and demolishing

• annihilate
• annihilation
• apocalypse
• autolyse
• autolysis
• bash
• consume
• costly
• drive a coach and horses through something idiom
• dynamite
• erosion
• erosional
• erosionally
• ruination
• sabotage
• saboteur
• sack
• sacking
• sacrifice
• wipe

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Zoology: veterinary medicine (Definition of destroy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

destroy | American Dictionary

destroyverb [ T ] us /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list to damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists: You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements. Losing his job seemed to completely destroy his confidence. (Definition of destroy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of destroy

destroy According to purist views, the exhibition of objects in museums not only irrevocably destroys original contexts, but creates a new context for an object. From the Cambridge English Corpus There is a certain complicity between archaeology and modernization: after the archaeologists have done their work, the landscape can be legitimately destroyed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Urnfields were systematically destroyed in the reclaimed zones of the landscape. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this period, the urnfields under the essen would have been destroyed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Once a man's sense of moral responsibility is destroyed, it cannot be expected that he will become either a good soldier or a useful citizen. From the Cambridge English Corpus The fire destroyed the buildings, but at the same time transformed them into baked clay and thereby preserved them as foundations for new buildings. From the Cambridge English Corpus Everyone who is alive receives utility 1 if the flowers are kept and 1 - if they are destroyed. From the Cambridge English Corpus The trolley is heading towards destroying a tool, but can be diverted to a track with one person on it. From the Cambridge English Corpus Cessation: an object is destroyed or removed and no longer exists in the real world. From the Cambridge English Corpus Reasons for legume seed loss included eating the seed, livestock or birds eating the crop, beetles, weevils or other pests destroying the seeds. From the Cambridge English Corpus The numerical goal is to derive a stable scheme that can approximate possibly large gradients without destroying the gauge invariance of the system. From the Cambridge English Corpus The election had destroyed any immediate hopes of a future electoral agreement between the parties. From the Cambridge English Corpus Such molecules may have been destroyed, altered or displaced into deeper soil layers, where they are protected from radiation and oxidation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Whoever follows such an ' example' destroys his talent. From the Cambridge English Corpus The puts would probably be priced with an increased volatility, hence destroying the interpretation above. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of destroy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of destroy?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 毀壞，摧毀，毀滅, 宰殺，滅殺，殺死（被病痛折磨或危險的動物）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 毁坏，摧毁，毁灭, 宰杀，灭杀，杀死（被病痛折磨或危险的动物）… See more in Spanish destruir, matar, sacrificar… See more in Portuguese destruir… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian एखाद्या गोष्टीचे इतके वाईट नुकसान करणे की त्याचा वापर केला जाऊ शकत नाही… See more ～を破壊する, 破壊（はかい）する… See more yıkmak, yok etmek, yerle bir etmek… See more détruire, anéantir, abattre… See more destruir… See more vernielen, doden… See more எதையும் பயன்படுத்த முடியாத அளவுக்கு மோசமாக சேதப்படுத்துதல்… See more नष्ट करना… See more વિનાશ કરવો… See more ødelægge, tilintetgøre, aflive… See more förstöra, döda, avliva… See more musnahkan, binasakan… See more zerstören, vernichten… See more ødelegge, rasere, rive ned… See more تباہ کرنا, ختم ہونا… See more знищувати, руйнувати, винищувати… See more నాశనం… See more ধ্বংস করে দেওয়া… See more zničit, zabít… See more menghancurkan, membunuh… See more ทำลาย, ฆ่า… See more phá hủy, giết… See more niszczyć… See more 파괴하다… See more distruggere, uccidere… See more Need a translator?

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