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de·stroy

destroy

 
 
pronunciation:
dih stroI
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part of speech: verb
inflections: destroys, destroying, destroyed
definition: to damage something so that it cannot be fixed.
Their barn was destroyed by a fire.
synonyms:
break, ruin, wipe out, wreck
similar words:
damage, spoil
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