Verb: destroy di'stroy
- Completely eliminate or undo the existence of
"The fire destroyed the house";
- destruct, spifflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary], spiflicate [Brit, informal]
- Damage beyond use or repair
"You have destroyed my car by pouring sugar in the tank!";
- ruin
- Defeat soundly and humiliatingly
"The home team destroyd the visitors";
- demolish [informal], spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], pulverize [Brit, informal], pulverise [Brit, informal], annihilate [informal]
- Put (an animal) to death
"The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid";
- put down, put away, put to sleep
Derived forms: destroyed, destroying, destroys
Type of: act, defeat, euthanase [Brit], euthanatise [Brit, rare], euthanatize [rare], euthanise [Brit], euthanize, get the better of, kill, move, overcome, undo, unmake
Encyclopedia: Destroy, She Said