destroy

Meanings

Verb

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
- "The fire destroyed the house"
destroy completely; damage irreparably
defeat soundly
put (an animal) to death
- "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"
To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
To utterly defeat; to crush.
To remove data.
To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.
To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
To sing a song extremely poorly.
To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

aerosolize, annihilate, atomize, benothing, bewreck, blot out, blotto, break, dash, decompose, demolish, desolate, destroy, destruct, devastate, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, dissolve, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fuck, harry, jazz, kill, lay waste, level, liquidate, nuke, obliterate, pull down, pulverize, put down, race, ravage, raze, remove, ruin, stamp out, total, unbreed, unexist, unmake, uproot, waste, wipe off, wipe out, wreck

Antonyms

build, construct, create, make, produce, raise, rebuild, recover, repair

Scrabble Score: 11

destroy is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
destroy is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
destroy is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

destroy is a valid Words With Friends word