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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Destrie :: Destrie (v. t.) To destroy.
Destroying :: Destroying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destro.
Blight :: Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
Starve :: Starve (v. t.) To destroy with cold.
Efface :: Efface (v. t.) To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering..
Disable :: Disable (v. t.) To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair..
Transpose :: Transpose (v. t.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed..
Eradicate :: Eradicate (v. t.) To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
Spill :: Spill (v. i.) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste..
Unwork :: Unwork (v. t.) To undo or destroy, as work previously done..
Destruction :: Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Eradicative :: Eradicative (a.) Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil..
Self-destroyer :: Self-destroyer (n.) One who destroys himself; a suicide.
Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
Destroyable :: Destroyable (a.) Destructible.
Abolish :: Abolish (v. t.) To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out..
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