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- To damage beyond use or repair.
"The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes."
- (computing) To release resources on a computer.
"The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists."
- To defeat soundly.
- To put down or euthanize an (animal).
Destroy a rabid dog.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
De*stroy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Destroyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Destroying.] [OE. destroien, destruien,
destrien, OF. destruire, F. détruire, fr.
L. destruere, destructum; de + struere to
pile up, build. See Structure.] 1. 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.
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their
images, and cut down their groves. Ex. xxxiv.
13.
2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end
to; to annihilate; to consume.
I will utterly pluck up and destroy that
nation. Jer. xii. 17.
3. To put an end to the existence,
prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.
If him by force he can destroy, or, worse,
By some false guile pervert. Milton.
Syn. -- To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle;
ruin; throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate; deface;
extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See Demolish.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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