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Destroy
/dɪˈstrɔɪ/
To cause something to no longer exist by breaking or damaging it beyond repair.
Synonyms:
demolish
ruin
ravage
obliterate
annihilate
Antonyms:
construct
build
create
repair
establish
Examples:
Count Dracula had to be
destroyed
before he reached his castle.
You don't fight cancer by
destroying
the body.
H
e destroys everything that is mine.
Etymology:
Derived from Old French
destruire
, and Latin
destruere
,
de-
meaning reverse, and
struere
meaning to build.
Usage Statistics:
78 mentions per 1 million words
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