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Collins English-English Dictionary
- destroy [dɪ'strɔɪ]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to ruin; spoil; render useless
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2.
vb
to tear down or demolish; break up; raze
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3.
vb
to put an end to; do away with; extinguish
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4.
vb
to kill or annihilate
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5.
vb
to crush, subdue, or defeat
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6.
vi.
[intr]
to be destructive or cause destruction
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7.
vi.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French destruire, from Latin d
e struere to pull down, fromde- + struere to pile up, build
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to ruin; spoil; render useless
Examples
- Don't move, or you'll destroy the effect.
- 别动，不然你会破坏效果的。 → effect
- 抄土匪的老窝
- destroy the bandits' den → 抄
- 捣毁敌军据点
- destroy enemy strongpoints → 捣毁
- 发扬火力，消灭敌人
- make full use of firepower to destroy the enemy → 发扬
- 击毁坦克二十四辆
- destroy 24 tanks → 击毁
- 不要捧杀，也不要骂杀。
- Do not destroy by either excessive praise or condemnation. → 捧杀
- 破坏桥梁
- destroy a bridge → 破坏
- 破坏旧世界，建设新世界。
- Destroy the old world and build a new one. → 破坏
- 销毁罪证
- destroy incriminating evidence → 销毁
- 烧毁
- destroy by fire; burn up → 毁
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