A2verb · transitive · common

destroy

de·stroy

destroy · destroys · destroyed · destroying

знищити, зруйнувати, знищувати, руйнувати

уничтожить, разрушить, уничтожать, разрушать

zerstören, vernichten, löschen, kaputtmachen

To damage beyond use or repairTo damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

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/dɪˈstɹɔɪ/

» The city was destroyed by fire.

Die Stadt wurde durch Feuer zerstört.

Город был уничтожен огнём.

Місто було знищено вогнем.

Meaning

10 senses

(ambitransitive)To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
zerstören, vernichten, kaputtmachen
уничтожа́тьuničtožátʹ, уничто́житьuničtóžitʹ, разруша́тьrazrušátʹ
ни́щитиnýščyty, зни́щуватиznýščuvaty, зни́щитиznýščyty
(transitive)To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
zerstören, kaputtmachen
(transitive)To put down or euthanize.
Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
notschlachten, einschläfern
истребля́тьistrebljátʹ, истреби́тьistrebítʹ
put (an animal) to death
(transitive)To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
(informal, transitive)To utterly defeat; to crush.
Remember when Germany destroyed Brazil 7–1 in the World Cup?
zerstören, vernichten, vernichtend schlagen
сокруша́тьsokrušátʹ, сокруши́тьsokrušítʹ
defeat soundly and humiliatingly
(transitive)To remove data.
The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
löschen
стира́тьstirátʹ, стере́тьsterétʹ
(slang, transitive)To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.
This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.
(slang, transitive, vulgar)To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet.
(US, slang, transitive)To sing a song extremely poorly.
(slang, transitive)To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.
I could destroy some wings right now.

Examples

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The city was destroyed by fire.
Місто було знищено вогнем.
ruГород был уничтожен огнём.
deDie Stadt wurde durch Feuer zerstört.
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The house was destroyed by fire.
Будинок був зруйнований вогнем.
ruДом был разрушен огнём.
deDas Haus wurde durch Feuer zerstört.
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The soldiers' mission was to destroy the bridge.
Солдати мали завдання - знищити той міст.
ruЗадача солдат была уничтожить мост.
deDie Mission der Soldaten war es, die Brücke zu zerstören.
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Tom destroyed a lot of lives.
Том зруйнував багато життів.
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The blast destroyed everything.
Вибух знищив усе.
ruВзрыв уничтожил всё.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to damage beyond use or repair:

Русский

By meaning 4

to damage beyond use or repair:

to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal):

(informal) to utterly defeat:

(computing) to remove data (e.g., from memory):

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to damage beyond use or repair:

to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal):

(informal) to utterly defeat:

(computing) to remove data (e.g., from memory):

Origin

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Cla

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”).

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