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111destroy — to kill (a domestic animal) The meaning to kill has long been standard English but there is a jargon use referring to sick, old, or unwanted poets: If he makes another mess... I ll have him destroyed. (N. Mitford, 1945 he was a dog) …
112destroy — n.m. Action de détruire pour le seul plaisir de casser …
113destroy — verb 1》 put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it. ↘ruin emotionally or spiritually. 2》 kill (an animal) by humane means. Origin ME: from OFr. destruire, based on L. destruct , destruere, from de (expressing… …
114destroy — v. a. 1. Demolish, overturn, overthrow, subvert, raze, ruin, throw down, pull down, break up, sap the foundations of. 2. Annihilate, quench, take away, put an end to, bring to nought. 3. Waste, ravage, desolate, devastate, devour, lay waste, make …
115destroy — v 1. demolish, wipe out, pulverize, wreck, Sl. total, knock to pieces; raze, gut, fell, prostrate, level; pull down, tear down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, cast down, beat down, knock down; shatter, crash, smash, batter, break; …
116destroy — de·stroy …
117destroy — To tear down; to cause to perish; to break into pieces; to burn up; to make useless for service, beyond hope of recovery of value, as by wrecking a ship through casting her upon rocks or shoals. United States v Johns (US) 4 Dall 412, 417, 1 L Ed… …
118destroy — v.tr. 1 pull or break down; demolish (destroyed the bridge). 2 end the existence of (the accident destroyed her confidence). 3 kill (esp. a sick or savage animal). 4 make useless; spoil utterly. 5 ruin financially, professionally, or in… …
119destroy and destruction — To break up, ruin, spoil, wreck, or demolish. The opposite of creating, destruction may not seem to be an artistic act, however creation is impossible without a simultaneous destruction, as a painter destroys a tube or jar of paint, a sculptor …
120destroy party — /dəˈstrɔɪ pati/ (say duh stroy pahtee) noun Colloquial → destructo (def. 2) …
