destroy

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/ Rhymes: -ɔɪ Hyphenation: de‧stroy === Verb === destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed) (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition. (transitive) To put down or euthanize. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. (transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush. (transitive, computing) To remove data. (transitive, bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way. (transitive, US, slang) To sing a song extremely poorly. (transitive, slang) To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:destroy. ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === stroyed == Middle English == === Verb === destroy (Late Middle English) alternative form of destroyen