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Overview of verb destroy
The verb destroy has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (48) destroy, destruct -- (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house")
2. (28) destroy, ruin -- (destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up")
3. (2) demolish, destroy -- (defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors")
4. destroy -- (put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid")
Antonyms of verb destroy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb destroy
4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 4
destroy
=> kill
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb destroy
3 of 4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> kill
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> self-destruct, self-destroy
=> destruct
=> end
=> fracture
=> wipe out, sweep away
=> interdict
=> demolish, pulverize, pulverise
=> disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
=> dilapidate
=> demyelinate
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
=> burn, fire, burn down
=> lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> harry, ravage
=> break
=> break, bust
=> vandalize, vandalise
=> do a job on
=> subvert
=> get
=> devour
=> rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
=> explode
=> consume
=> shipwreck
=> bust up, wreck, wrack
=> kick in, kick down
=> wash out
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> smash
=> swallow
=> cut to ribbons
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb destroy
4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 4
destroy
=> kill
'Cause To' of verb destroy
Derived Forms of verb destroy
2 of 4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
RELATED TO>(adj) destructible#1
=> destructible
RELATED TO>(adj) destructive#1
=> destructive
RELATED TO>(noun) destruction#1
=> destruction, devastation
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#2
=> destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#1
=> destroyer, guided missile destroyer
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
RELATED TO>(adj) destructible#1
=> destructible
RELATED TO>(noun) destruction#2
=> destruction, demolition, wipeout
RELATED TO>(noun) destruction#1
=> destruction, devastation
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#2
=> destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#1
=> destroyer, guided missile destroyer
Domain of verb destroy
Domain Terms of verb destroy
Familiarity of verb destroy
destroy used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb destroy
4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
EX: The fighter managed to destroy his opponent
Sense 4
destroy
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb destroy
3 of 4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
> unmake, undo
=> destroy, destruct
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
> get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Sense 4
destroy
> kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
=> decimate
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> commit suicide
=> dispatch
=> zap, vaporize
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away, put to sleep
=> neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> decapitate, behead, decollate
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> shed blood
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
=> electrocute, fry
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
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Sense 2
destroy, ruin
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Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
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Sense 4
destroy
=> kill
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Grep of verb destroy
destroy
self-destroy
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