| VERB | creation | destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
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| contact | destroy, ruin | destroy completely | |
| competition | destroy, demolish | defeat soundly | |
| contact | destroy, put down | put (an animal) to death |
| Sounds | dihstroy' | |
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| Rhymes | Delacroix ... viceroy: 6 rhymes with roy... | |
| Meaning | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The fire destroyed the house" | |
| Synonym | destruct | |
| Narrower | demolish, pulverize, pulverise | Destroy completely |
| demolish | Ruin or destroy | |
| demyelinate | Destroy the myelin sheath of | |
| destruct | Destroy (one's own missile or rocket) | |
| dilapidate | Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse | |
| disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart | take apart into its constituent pieces | |
| end | put an end to | |
| extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with | Terminate, end, or take out | |
| fracture | interrupt, break / break, or destroy | |
| interdict | Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication | |
| kill | Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in | |
| level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground | |
| self-destruct, self-destroy | Do away with oneself or itself | |
| uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate | Destroy completely, as if down to the roots | |
| wipe out, sweep away | Eliminate completely and without a trace | |
| Broader | unmake, undo | deprive of certain characteristics / characteristics |
| Spanish | arrasar, arruinar, destrozar, destruir | |
| Catalan | arrasar, destrossar, destruir, trencar | |
| Adjectives | destructible | easily destroyed |
| destructive | causing destruction or much damage / damage | |
| Nouns | destroyer | a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship |
| destroyer | a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | |
| destruction | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | |
| Meaning | Destroy completely; damage irreparably. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | ruin | |
| Entailed by | sack, plunder | plunder (a town) after capture |
| Narrower | break | Find a flaw in |
| break, bust | ruin completely | |
| burn, fire, burn down | Destroy by fire | |
| bust up, wreck, wrack | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully | |
| consume | Destroy completely | |
| devour | Destroy completely | |
| do a job on | Destroy completely or make ugly or useless | |
| explode | Destroy by exploding | |
| get | Overcome or destroy | |
| harry, ravage | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place) , as in wartimes | |
| kick in, kick down | open violently | |
| lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge | Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | |
| rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder | Destroy and strip of its possession | |
| shipwreck | Destroy a ship | |
| subvert | Destroy completely | |
| vandalize, vandalise | Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | |
| wash out | Wear or destroy by the force of water | |
| Spanish | arrasar, arruinar, deshacer, destrozar, destruir, romper | |
| Catalan | arrasar, arruïnar, destrossar, destruir | |
| Adjectives | destructible | easily destroyed |
| Nouns | destroyer | a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship |
| destroyer | a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | |
| destruction | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | |
| destruction | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something | |
| Meaning | defeat soundly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The fighter managed to destroy his opponent | |
| Synonym | demolish | |
| Narrower | cut to ribbons | defeat totally |
| smash | overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful) | |
| swallow | engulf and destroy | |
| Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat | win a victory over |
| Spanish | demoler, derribar, destrozar, destruir | |
| Catalan | abatre, demolir, destrossar, destruir | |
| Meaning | put (an animal) to death. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid" | |
| Synonym | put down | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Spanish | destruir, matar | |
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