Definition of destroy

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Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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Apollyon :: Apollyon (n.) The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon..
Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..
Unmake :: Unmake (v. t.) To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
Countermure :: Countermure (n.) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure..
Annihilate :: Annihilate (v. t.) To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
Deathblow :: Deathblow (n.) A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
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..
Abaddon :: Abaddon (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus..
Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140ยก F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..
Havoc :: Havoc (v. t.) To devastate; to destroy; to lay waste.
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To destroy; to kill.
Mephitical :: Mephitical (a.) Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions..
Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts..
Struck :: Stroy (v. i.) To destroy.
Pupivora :: Pupivora (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..
Destruie :: Destruie (v. t.) To destroy.
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