destroy

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Synonyms: destro, destry

Antonyms: destro, destry

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Verb

1. {{senseid|en|v1}}{{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[damage]] beyond [[use]] or [[repair]]; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[neutralize]], undo a [[property]] or [[condition]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put down]] or [[euthanize]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); [[ruin]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To utterly [[defeat]]; to [[crush#Verb|crush]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[remove]] [[data]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive|bodybuilding|slang|antiphrasis}} To [[exhaust]] completely and thus [[recreate]] or [[build up]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|vulgar}} To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
9. {{lb|en|transitive|US|slang}} To [[sing]] a [[song]] extremely poorly.
10. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To eat food [[quickly]], [[hungrily]] or [[completely]].

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