Definition of destroy

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Destroy (v. t.) To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill..

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Antisocial :: Antisocial (a.) Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles..
Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies..
Antibromic :: Antibromic (n.) An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.
Deperdit :: Deperdit (n.) That which is lost or destroyed.
Vandal :: Vandal (n.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature..
Mephitical :: Mephitical (a.) Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions..
Brain :: Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat..
Underwork :: Underwork (v. t.) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
Exterminate :: Exterminate (v. t.) To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice..
Countermine :: Countermine (n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
Fallow :: Fallow (n.) The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds..
Unwork :: Unwork (v. t.) To undo or destroy, as work previously done..
Disunite :: Disunite (v. t.) To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation..
Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever..
Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..
Destruction :: Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Unwish :: Unwish (v. t.) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
Army Worm :: Army worm () A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm..
Poison :: Poison (n.) That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin..
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