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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Extinction :: Extinction (n.) The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc..
Destruct :: Destruct (v. t.) To destroy.
Vandal :: Vandal (n.) Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature..
Ruinate :: Ruinate (v. t.) To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.
Meloplasty :: Meloplasty (n.) The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyed wholly or in part.
Lithontriptic :: Lithontriptic (a.) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forceps..
Destroying :: Destroying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destro.
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear..
Torpedo :: Torpedo (v. t.) to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo..
Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions..
Remnant :: Remnant (a.) That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue..
Fallow :: Fallow (n.) To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land..
Canthoplasty :: Canthoplasty (n.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease..
Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf..
Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire..
Destruction :: Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Unformed :: Unformed (a.) Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed..
Extirpate :: Extirpate (v. t.) To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy..
Prolicide :: Prolicide (n.) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth..
Parasiticide :: Parasiticide (n.) Anything used to destroy parasites.
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