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de·stroy
 destroy
- pronunciation:
- dih
stroI
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verb |
| inflections: |
destroyed, destroying, destroys |
| definition: |
to ruin completely.
Their barn was destroyed by a fire.- synonyms:
- break, ruin, smash, wipe out, wreck
- similar words:
- annihilate, blast, blight, bust, consume, damage, devastate, gut, level, mangle, shatter, spoil, zap
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| related words: |
blow up, burst, cripple, cross, dash, demolish, devour, disintegrate, dispel, eliminate, exterminate, overwhelm, poison, reduce, slay, wash |
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