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(v)
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
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(transitive) To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
(n)
The act by which something is dismantled.
(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
(transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
(transitive) To delete.
(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
(transitive) To push or throw over.
(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
To take out of service or to render unusable.
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
(transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
To reverse the effects of an action.
(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
(transitive) To hit; to strike.
To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
(transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
To destroy with a bulldozer.
(transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
(transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
(transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
(intransitive) To self-destruct.
(informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.
(adj)
Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
(transitive) To demolish.
(transitive) To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
To hit or collide with
(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
(transitive, rare) To undo the demolition of.
(transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes).
(transitive) To dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).
(idiomatic, transitive) To completely demolish, to raze.
(transitive) To demolish again.
The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
(transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts.
(transitive, slang) To break down.
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
(intransitive) To decrease.
(obsolete) To destroy.
(transitive, rare, sometimes figurative) To take apart; to deconstruct.
(transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
Misspelling of destroy. [(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.]
(idiomatic, ambitransitive) To destroy, or be destroyed by smashing.
An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
(transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
(programming) to unpack data from one variable into their own variables.
Grievous damage or havoc.
(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
(obsolete) To devastate.
(transitive) To destroy by ripping.
(intransitive, usually with at) To continue shooting rapidly.
To kill as a sacrifice by burning.
(transitive) to destroy
(transitive) To erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written.
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
(transitive) To cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard.
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
(intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts.
Alternative form of diabolize. [(archaic) to represent as diabolical]
(transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
To bespatter with liquid or powder.
(transitive) To eat.
To remove from a frame
(transitive, Rastafari) To destroy.
A nuclear weapon.
(transitive) To destroy again.
(transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
(transitive) To break or demolish something by physical bodily force, especially stomping.
(by extension) (figuratively) Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.