Destroy

What do we mean by destroy?

To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity: intransitive verb

To put an end to; eliminate. intransitive verb

To render useless or ruin. intransitive verb

To put to death; kill. intransitive verb

To subdue or defeat completely; crush. intransitive verb

To cause emotional trauma to; devastate. intransitive verb

To be destructive; cause destruction. intransitive verb

To pull down; unbuild (that which has been built or constructed); demolish: as, to destroy a building or a fortification; to destroy a city.

To overthrow; lay waste; ruin; make desolate.

To kill; slay; extirpate: applied to men or animals.

To bring to naught; put an end to; annihilate; obliterate entirely; cause to cease, or to cease to be: as, to destroy one's happiness or peace of mind by worry.

To counteract or render of no avail; take away, detract from, or vitiate the power, force, value, use, or beauty of; ruin; spoil: as, to destroy a person's influence.

To refute; disprove.

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish. transitive verb

To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume. transitive verb

To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill. transitive verb

To damage beyond use or repair. verb

To cause destruction. verb

To neutralize, undo a property or condition. verb

To put down or euthanize. verb

To damage beyond use or repair.

To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

To put down or euthanize.

To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.

To defeat soundly.

To remove data.

To sing a song poorly.

(antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.

To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

Words that are spelled similarly to destroy:
destroy, destro.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word destroy:
destroying, enemy, monsters, enemies, humanity, planet, evil, robot, destruction, alien, kill, earth, weapon, tanks, missile, destroyed, universe, monster, bomb, weapons, everything, bridges, armies, crops, attacking, humans, save, escape.

Words that rhyme with destroy:
employ, boy, deploy, joy, coy, alloy, enjoy, ploy, annoy, decoy, toy, cloy, convoy, oy, troy, ahoy, oi, cowboy, tomboy, savoy, soy, corduroy, hoy, goy, carboy, hoi polloi, roy, roi, iroquois, stoy, choi, foy, illinois, croix, polloi, bellboy, choy, busboy, playboy, attaboy, hoi, moy, mccoy, leroy, oye, loy, yoy, doughboy, tolstoy, oie, doi, whipping boy, neu, foie, highboy, redeploy, elroy, bolshoi, schoolboy, sonny boy, cfroi, malloy, moye, lovejoy, lacroix, fitzroy, bok choy, rob roy, office boy, golden boy, helen of troy, toye, fauntleroy, poor boy, farm boy, express joy, mcelroy, ball boy, altar boy, croy, boye, errand boy, quemoy, old boy, laboy, monroy, cabin boy, pomeroy, bok choi, real mccoy, bat boy, sailor boy, kilroy, gilroy, woy, joye, delivery boy, jump for joy, teddy boy, city boy.

Adjectives that are often used to describe destroy:
public, and, static, few, search, void, procedure.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective destroy:
method, fear, plants, operation, property, command, misconception, existence, insects, time, events, desire, contact, function, privilege, target, roads, temple, masses, operations, nests, confidence, note, selfhood, window, arcs, tens, this, equipment, life, matter, asteroids, bridges, bugs, convoy, methods, them, everything, statement, museums, self.

Consonant match to destroy:
distro, destruie, destrie, destro.

Words that sound like destroy:
destroy, destro, distro, destra, destroyed, destroyer, destroys, dister, distr, duster, distress, distraught, disarray, destress, diss track, distrait, disray, destrier, doster, distrain, disty, disto, history, historie, dusty, desiree, dusters, desirae, dextra, desta, dextro, detra, dusti, desto, dussehra, dustrag, detroit, disturb, deter, destroying, tester, dissed, dist, desir, destroyers, descry, daughtry, disserve, destroy me, de-stress, dykstra, ditter, dutra, dyst, distich, dostie, de stress, distler, daughtrey, deister, disturn, dessauer, doosra, diestrous, distar, dosta, diester, diestrus, dastardy, disworth, toaster, taster, hyster, teaster, hister, hostry, ristra, haustra, sistra, dust, dexter, dest, debtor, deseret, detter, dunster, desprit, detur, dedra, dustier, dead tree, deste, bistro, dater, dastard, dast, daoust, bestrew, dabster, datar.