Definition of destroy in English:

destroy

verb dɪˈstrɔɪdəˈstrɔɪ

[with object]

1End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
毁灭；摧毁；彻底破坏（某物）
the room had been destroyed by fire
这间屋被大火烧毁了。
Example sentencesExamples
- The fire was tackled by 70 firefighters and comes just four years after the same school was virtually destroyed in an arson attack which caused £8m of damage.
- After leaving home he formed a pop-punk outfit called Snug, known for attacking the audience and destroying equipment.
- In the early hours of Saturday morning a petrol bomb attack in the Farmley area of Glengormley destroyed one car and damaged another.
- These are unstable forms of oxygen that cause cellular damage by destroying important fats in the body.
- The latest downpours that fell during the weekend destroyed a house and damaged 150 others, the State Agency for Civil Security announced yesterday.
- Mr Roebuck said the latest car fire had destroyed one vehicle and damaged two others parked near to it.
- Mr Browne said if a plantation is destroyed or damaged by fire, the incident should be reported to the nearest Garda station and to the Forest Service.
- The latest attack comes nine months after the club changing rooms were destroyed in a fire, which caused around £11,000 damage.
- The emergency created by this combination of circumstances is not a crisis unless there is a fire and the dining hall is destroyed or badly damaged.
- They have tailored a harmless chemical to make it bond perfectly with a naturally-produced enzyme commonly found in cancerous cells to form a powerful drug that attacks and destroys the cell.
- Attack operations can also contribute to preventing future attacks by destroying launchers after firing but before reuse.
- The Deutsche Hygiene Museum says that of course most records were destroyed in an attack in 1945, but that still no one they talked to seems to remember anything about this project.
- Artistic youngsters in Tang Hall, York, are playing their part in rebuilding their local community hall - a year after it was destroyed in an arson attack.
- National parks are no exception to this rule, there is only one proven way to return them to their pristine condition and prevent bush fire from destroying them.
- The tree caused £30,000 worth of damage by destroying one half of the building.
- A York Scout group left homeless when an arson attack destroyed their base have found new headquarters in East Yorkshire.
- Parkinson's disease attacks and destroys these nerve cells, meaning the brain is starved of dopamine.
- Eleven houses were destroyed or seriously damaged in the crash.
- In the weeks following the attacks, Hindu homes and businesses were also destroyed in retaliatory attacks by Muslims, according to the report.
- One classroom was destroyed and another badly damaged in the attack on Wintringham School's art block.
Synonyms
demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, level, raze (to the ground), fell, dismantle, break up, wreck, ruin, smash, shatter, crash, blast, blow up, blow to bits/pieces, dynamite, explode, bomb, torpedo
spoil, ruin, wreck, disfigure, blight, mar, blemish, impair, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm, devastate, damage, lay waste, ravage, wreak havoc on
literary waste
rare disfeature
wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, terminate, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, scotch, shatter, vitiate, blast, devastate, demolish, sabotage, torpedo
upset someone's apple cart, cook someone's goose
informal mess up, muck up, screw up, louse up, foul up, make a hash of, do in, put paid to, put the lid on, put the kibosh on, do for, scupper, dish, stymie, queer, nix, banjax, blow a hole in
British informal throw a spanner in the works of, muller
North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of
Australian informal euchre, cruel
vulgar slang bugger up, fuck up, balls up
archaic bring to naught
1. 1.1 Ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually.
  （在感情、精神上）毁掉（某人）；使（某人）崩溃
  he has been determined to destroy her
  他下决心要毁了她。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In terms of his legacy, a victory gains him nothing and defeat destroys him.
  I couldn't ever let anyone know, it would destroy me.
  I've moved address yet again and in all the fun have managed to lose a girlfriend, a box of records and a five pound note, the five pound note is particularly annoying but the records loss has destroyed me.
  Do everything you can to ensure that you are not so dependent on any one customer that the loss of his business could destroy you.
  They had been utterly destroyed by their Master.
  Prostitution is a system of slavery that emotionally, spiritually and physically destroys women and girls.
  Taylor kept secret for years that the super-exploitation had utterly destroyed Henry Noll.
  Either extreme may raise you to the highest heights or utterly destroy you.
  They forget to tell you of this pain, the kind that will eventually overwhelm and destroy you.
  Well, he has, and he was completely and utterly destroyed by it.
  So the expectation is that Mark Geragos has to destroy her or hurt her credibility or do something to defeat her.
  I've seen people come here and be utterly destroyed because they didn't know what they wanted to do.
  For Rilke, the father's all-encompassing love is what drove the prodigal son away in the first place and what threatens to overwhelm and destroy him on his return.
  In less than a minute, he could destroy me utterly, reducing me to a tearful, trembling wreck, consumed with a wretched, self-loathing misery.
  On one or two occasions women have come close to destroying me both emotionally and financially.
  Not content to destroy us emotionally, physically and spiritually, they also had to take us down calligraphically too.
  Hamsun's hero is set on a one-way road to suicide and although he does not kill himself he destroys himself.
  It wasn't as if she had simply left me; that would have destroyed me emotionally at first, but I guess I'd have learnt to cope with it.
  Hugo's deep-seated jealousy of O drives him to set in motion a plan to destroy him by ruining his relationship with Desi.
  The thought of anyone thinking the things that article said was true nearly destroyed her.
2. 1.2 Defeat (someone) utterly.
  彻底打败（某人）
  Northants have the batting to destroy anyone
  北安普敦队的击球球艺所向披靡。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Balki fights to destroy Andy Capp but will not hesitate to defeat anyone who stands in his way.
  This was the Shi'Kartan revenge for their treachery, to be destroyed utterly by weapons that they would never be able to defend against.
  War, its violence previously contained within law, spilled out to an attempt to utterly destroy the enemy.
  French retaliation on Saturday for a bombing raid that killed French peacekeepers destroyed Ivory Coast's tiny air force and left its airports under French control.
  No matter how many times the CPU seemingly cheated, or a friend managed to utterly destroy me using a lameass starter deck, I kept putting the game back in.
  At the very end, when the Allies were destroying the German Army, he was not so much bothered by this as he was by the fact that there were Jews still alive.
  He either needed to smash Michaels and destroy him at the end of the bout, or Michaels needed to get up and win the title at the last second because after all, isn't that what the match was built on?
  However, before I destroy you utterly, I will give you a chance to swear fealty to me.
  We were comprehensively beaten at Anfield where Titti Camra destroyed us nearly single-handed but the home game was another matter.
  Yet early in 1941 General O'Connor was robbed of the chance of destroying the opposing Italian Army by the need to send an expeditionary force to Greece.
  And that is ‘to chase the enemy to the ends of the earth and utterly destroy him’.
  He then used his expertise to destroy the German Army at Stalingrad which lead to Field Marshall von Paulus surrendering his forces.
  He still wanted to defeat Mega Man, but the idea of destroying him was becoming less inviting all the time.
  The intent of this maneuver was to trap one's enemy in a partial or complete envelopment to destroy him in a great, decisive battle of annihilation or encirclement.
  The American takes the first set, saving two break points before destroying his opponent with a monster cross-court forehand.
  Could butterflies resolve to destroy the Russian Army?
  Synonyms
  annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, extinguish, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate
  kill, slaughter, massacre, butcher, exterminate, decimate
  informal take out, rub out, snuff out, zap
  North American informal waste
  defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, vanquish, drub, trounce, rout, crush, give someone a drubbing, overwhelm
  informal lick, thrash, hammer, clobber, paste, give someone a pasting, whip, pound, pulverize, demolish, wipe the floor with, take to the cleaners, make mincemeat of, slaughter, murder, massacre, crucify, flatten, turn inside out, run rings around
  British informal stuff, marmalize
  North American informal shellac, blow out, cream, skunk
  US informal own
3. 1.3 Kill (a sick, savage, or unwanted animal) by humane means.
  以人道的方法杀死（有病、凶猛或多余的动物）
  their terrier was destroyed after the attack
  他们的㹴犬在这次袭击之后就被以人道的方式宰杀了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a consequence, the animal had to be destroyed at the scene.
  It took the Spence family 50 years of hard work to build up their herd of prize cattle and flock of sheep, but it took only a matter of hours for the animals to be destroyed.
  The spirit of the Whitehall farce is demonstrated in an incident ten days ago when a Cumbrian farmer was about to witness eight slaughtermen start to destroy his sheep flock.
  New section 57A in clause 29 provides that the court may order that a dog be destroyed if it has rushed at persons, animals, or vehicles.
  Going on the British example, the rest would probably not be compensated at all if their animals had to be destroyed.
  Eventually, it becomes so sick it must be destroyed.
  The government is paying full market value to the farmers for the animals that are being destroyed.
  Dotty was destroyed after savaging one of the Queen's corgis at the Sandringham estate shortly before Christmas two years ago.
  Eighteen years after their mad cow epidemic was first diagnosed, the British are still destroying all cattle over 30 months of age.
  The government announced last week that it planned to destroy all sheep and pigs within three kilometers of any confirmed outbreak in those areas.
  By the end of the year, 5.7 million animals had been destroyed and the outbreak had cost £2.7 billion.
  But one of its legs was badly injured and the animal had to be destroyed.
  Rangers on the island kill dingoes that appear aggressive to humans and about 40 of the animals have been destroyed during the past 10 years, officials said.
  The infected animals have already been destroyed.
  She said Mrs Foy had acted correctly in calling the police who had a list of vets and gamekeepers who could destroy a deer humanely.
  She refused to reveal how she intended to bring a end to the crisis in which more than three million livestock animals have been destroyed so far.
  She took the dog and had it destroyed by the Humane Society.
  Residents of the area, contacted by phone, confirmed that thousands of animals had been destroyed but said they didn't know why.
  It found up to 300 jobs could be lost if hunting is banned and those concerned feel impelled to destroy their horses and dogs.
  Nine animals had to be destroyed as a result of their condition.
  Synonyms
  kill, kill off, put down, put to sleep, slaughter, terminate, exterminate

Origin

Middle English: from Old French destruire, based on Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere 'build'.

The word destroy comes via Old French from Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) and struere ‘build’.

Rhymes

ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, toy, trompe l'œil, troy

Definition of destroy in US English:

destroy

verbdəˈstroidəˈstrɔɪ

[with object]

1Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
毁灭；摧毁；彻底破坏（某物）
the room had been destroyed by fire
这间屋被大火烧毁了。
Example sentencesExamples
- They have tailored a harmless chemical to make it bond perfectly with a naturally-produced enzyme commonly found in cancerous cells to form a powerful drug that attacks and destroys the cell.
- Eleven houses were destroyed or seriously damaged in the crash.
- The latest downpours that fell during the weekend destroyed a house and damaged 150 others, the State Agency for Civil Security announced yesterday.
- Mr Roebuck said the latest car fire had destroyed one vehicle and damaged two others parked near to it.
- The emergency created by this combination of circumstances is not a crisis unless there is a fire and the dining hall is destroyed or badly damaged.
- One classroom was destroyed and another badly damaged in the attack on Wintringham School's art block.
- Attack operations can also contribute to preventing future attacks by destroying launchers after firing but before reuse.
- The tree caused £30,000 worth of damage by destroying one half of the building.
- In the weeks following the attacks, Hindu homes and businesses were also destroyed in retaliatory attacks by Muslims, according to the report.
- These are unstable forms of oxygen that cause cellular damage by destroying important fats in the body.
- The latest attack comes nine months after the club changing rooms were destroyed in a fire, which caused around £11,000 damage.
- The fire was tackled by 70 firefighters and comes just four years after the same school was virtually destroyed in an arson attack which caused £8m of damage.
- National parks are no exception to this rule, there is only one proven way to return them to their pristine condition and prevent bush fire from destroying them.
- After leaving home he formed a pop-punk outfit called Snug, known for attacking the audience and destroying equipment.
- The Deutsche Hygiene Museum says that of course most records were destroyed in an attack in 1945, but that still no one they talked to seems to remember anything about this project.
- Artistic youngsters in Tang Hall, York, are playing their part in rebuilding their local community hall - a year after it was destroyed in an arson attack.
- In the early hours of Saturday morning a petrol bomb attack in the Farmley area of Glengormley destroyed one car and damaged another.
- A York Scout group left homeless when an arson attack destroyed their base have found new headquarters in East Yorkshire.
- Mr Browne said if a plantation is destroyed or damaged by fire, the incident should be reported to the nearest Garda station and to the Forest Service.
- Parkinson's disease attacks and destroys these nerve cells, meaning the brain is starved of dopamine.
Synonyms
demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, level, raze, raze to the ground, fell, dismantle, break up, wreck, ruin, smash, shatter, crash, blast, blow up, blow to bits, blow to pieces, dynamite, explode, bomb, torpedo
spoil, ruin, wreck, disfigure, blight, mar, blemish, impair, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm, devastate, damage, lay waste, ravage, wreak havoc on
wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, terminate, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, scotch, shatter, vitiate, blast, devastate, demolish, sabotage, torpedo
1. 1.1 Ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually.
  （在感情、精神上）毁掉（某人）；使（某人）崩溃
  he has been determined to destroy her
  他下决心要毁了她。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In less than a minute, he could destroy me utterly, reducing me to a tearful, trembling wreck, consumed with a wretched, self-loathing misery.
  Well, he has, and he was completely and utterly destroyed by it.
  Taylor kept secret for years that the super-exploitation had utterly destroyed Henry Noll.
  I couldn't ever let anyone know, it would destroy me.
  Not content to destroy us emotionally, physically and spiritually, they also had to take us down calligraphically too.
  The thought of anyone thinking the things that article said was true nearly destroyed her.
  They forget to tell you of this pain, the kind that will eventually overwhelm and destroy you.
  They had been utterly destroyed by their Master.
  Hugo's deep-seated jealousy of O drives him to set in motion a plan to destroy him by ruining his relationship with Desi.
  On one or two occasions women have come close to destroying me both emotionally and financially.
  Hamsun's hero is set on a one-way road to suicide and although he does not kill himself he destroys himself.
  I've seen people come here and be utterly destroyed because they didn't know what they wanted to do.
  I've moved address yet again and in all the fun have managed to lose a girlfriend, a box of records and a five pound note, the five pound note is particularly annoying but the records loss has destroyed me.
  It wasn't as if she had simply left me; that would have destroyed me emotionally at first, but I guess I'd have learnt to cope with it.
  Prostitution is a system of slavery that emotionally, spiritually and physically destroys women and girls.
  Either extreme may raise you to the highest heights or utterly destroy you.
  Do everything you can to ensure that you are not so dependent on any one customer that the loss of his business could destroy you.
  In terms of his legacy, a victory gains him nothing and defeat destroys him.
  So the expectation is that Mark Geragos has to destroy her or hurt her credibility or do something to defeat her.
  For Rilke, the father's all-encompassing love is what drove the prodigal son away in the first place and what threatens to overwhelm and destroy him on his return.
2. 1.2 Defeat (someone) utterly.
  彻底打败（某人）
  the Tigers destroyed the Padres in five games
  Example sentencesExamples
  And that is ‘to chase the enemy to the ends of the earth and utterly destroy him’.
  We were comprehensively beaten at Anfield where Titti Camra destroyed us nearly single-handed but the home game was another matter.
  The American takes the first set, saving two break points before destroying his opponent with a monster cross-court forehand.
  French retaliation on Saturday for a bombing raid that killed French peacekeepers destroyed Ivory Coast's tiny air force and left its airports under French control.
  This was the Shi'Kartan revenge for their treachery, to be destroyed utterly by weapons that they would never be able to defend against.
  At the very end, when the Allies were destroying the German Army, he was not so much bothered by this as he was by the fact that there were Jews still alive.
  Balki fights to destroy Andy Capp but will not hesitate to defeat anyone who stands in his way.
  No matter how many times the CPU seemingly cheated, or a friend managed to utterly destroy me using a lameass starter deck, I kept putting the game back in.
  Yet early in 1941 General O'Connor was robbed of the chance of destroying the opposing Italian Army by the need to send an expeditionary force to Greece.
  Could butterflies resolve to destroy the Russian Army?
  He then used his expertise to destroy the German Army at Stalingrad which lead to Field Marshall von Paulus surrendering his forces.
  He either needed to smash Michaels and destroy him at the end of the bout, or Michaels needed to get up and win the title at the last second because after all, isn't that what the match was built on?
  However, before I destroy you utterly, I will give you a chance to swear fealty to me.
  War, its violence previously contained within law, spilled out to an attempt to utterly destroy the enemy.
  He still wanted to defeat Mega Man, but the idea of destroying him was becoming less inviting all the time.
  The intent of this maneuver was to trap one's enemy in a partial or complete envelopment to destroy him in a great, decisive battle of annihilation or encirclement.
  Synonyms
  annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, extinguish, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate
  defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, vanquish, drub, trounce, rout, crush, give someone a drubbing, overwhelm
3. 1.3usually be destroyed Kill (a sick, savage, or unwanted animal) by humane means.
  以人道的方法杀死（有病、凶猛或多余的动物）
  their terrier was destroyed after the attack
  他们的㹴犬在这次袭击之后就被以人道的方式宰杀了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Rangers on the island kill dingoes that appear aggressive to humans and about 40 of the animals have been destroyed during the past 10 years, officials said.
  Going on the British example, the rest would probably not be compensated at all if their animals had to be destroyed.
  She took the dog and had it destroyed by the Humane Society.
  But one of its legs was badly injured and the animal had to be destroyed.
  She said Mrs Foy had acted correctly in calling the police who had a list of vets and gamekeepers who could destroy a deer humanely.
  It took the Spence family 50 years of hard work to build up their herd of prize cattle and flock of sheep, but it took only a matter of hours for the animals to be destroyed.
  It found up to 300 jobs could be lost if hunting is banned and those concerned feel impelled to destroy their horses and dogs.
  By the end of the year, 5.7 million animals had been destroyed and the outbreak had cost £2.7 billion.
  As a consequence, the animal had to be destroyed at the scene.
  She refused to reveal how she intended to bring a end to the crisis in which more than three million livestock animals have been destroyed so far.
  Eventually, it becomes so sick it must be destroyed.
  Eighteen years after their mad cow epidemic was first diagnosed, the British are still destroying all cattle over 30 months of age.
  Nine animals had to be destroyed as a result of their condition.
  New section 57A in clause 29 provides that the court may order that a dog be destroyed if it has rushed at persons, animals, or vehicles.
  The infected animals have already been destroyed.
  Residents of the area, contacted by phone, confirmed that thousands of animals had been destroyed but said they didn't know why.
  Dotty was destroyed after savaging one of the Queen's corgis at the Sandringham estate shortly before Christmas two years ago.
  The government is paying full market value to the farmers for the animals that are being destroyed.
  The government announced last week that it planned to destroy all sheep and pigs within three kilometers of any confirmed outbreak in those areas.
  The spirit of the Whitehall farce is demonstrated in an incident ten days ago when a Cumbrian farmer was about to witness eight slaughtermen start to destroy his sheep flock.
  Synonyms
  kill, kill off, put down, put to sleep, slaughter, terminate, exterminate

Origin

Middle English: from Old French destruire, based on Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere ‘build’.

单词	destroy
释义	Definition of destroy in English: destroy verb dɪˈstrɔɪdəˈstrɔɪ [with object] 1End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it. 毁灭；摧毁；彻底破坏（某物） the room had been destroyed by fire 这间屋被大火烧毁了。 Example sentencesExamples The fire was tackled by 70 firefighters and comes just four years after the same school was virtually destroyed in an arson attack which caused £8m of damage. After leaving home he formed a pop-punk outfit called Snug, known for attacking the audience and destroying equipment. In the early hours of Saturday morning a petrol bomb attack in the Farmley area of Glengormley destroyed one car and damaged another. These are unstable forms of oxygen that cause cellular damage by destroying important fats in the body. The latest downpours that fell during the weekend destroyed a house and damaged 150 others, the State Agency for Civil Security announced yesterday. Mr Roebuck said the latest car fire had destroyed one vehicle and damaged two others parked near to it. Mr Browne said if a plantation is destroyed or damaged by fire, the incident should be reported to the nearest Garda station and to the Forest Service. The latest attack comes nine months after the club changing rooms were destroyed in a fire, which caused around £11,000 damage. The emergency created by this combination of circumstances is not a crisis unless there is a fire and the dining hall is destroyed or badly damaged. They have tailored a harmless chemical to make it bond perfectly with a naturally-produced enzyme commonly found in cancerous cells to form a powerful drug that attacks and destroys the cell. Attack operations can also contribute to preventing future attacks by destroying launchers after firing but before reuse. The Deutsche Hygiene Museum says that of course most records were destroyed in an attack in 1945, but that still no one they talked to seems to remember anything about this project. Artistic youngsters in Tang Hall, York, are playing their part in rebuilding their local community hall - a year after it was destroyed in an arson attack. National parks are no exception to this rule, there is only one proven way to return them to their pristine condition and prevent bush fire from destroying them. The tree caused £30,000 worth of damage by destroying one half of the building. A York Scout group left homeless when an arson attack destroyed their base have found new headquarters in East Yorkshire. Parkinson's disease attacks and destroys these nerve cells, meaning the brain is starved of dopamine. Eleven houses were destroyed or seriously damaged in the crash. In the weeks following the attacks, Hindu homes and businesses were also destroyed in retaliatory attacks by Muslims, according to the report. One classroom was destroyed and another badly damaged in the attack on Wintringham School's art block. Synonyms demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, level, raze (to the ground), fell, dismantle, break up, wreck, ruin, smash, shatter, crash, blast, blow up, blow to bits/pieces, dynamite, explode, bomb, torpedo spoil, ruin, wreck, disfigure, blight, mar, blemish, impair, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm, devastate, damage, lay waste, ravage, wreak havoc on literary waste rare disfeature wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, terminate, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, scotch, shatter, vitiate, blast, devastate, demolish, sabotage, torpedo upset someone's apple cart, cook someone's goose informal mess up, muck up, screw up, louse up, foul up, make a hash of, do in, put paid to, put the lid on, put the kibosh on, do for, scupper, dish, stymie, queer, nix, banjax, blow a hole in British informal throw a spanner in the works of, muller North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of Australian informal euchre, cruel vulgar slang bugger up, fuck up, balls up archaic bring to naught 1.1 Ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually. （在感情、精神上）毁掉（某人）；使（某人）崩溃 he has been determined to destroy her 他下决心要毁了她。 Example sentencesExamples In terms of his legacy, a victory gains him nothing and defeat destroys him. I couldn't ever let anyone know, it would destroy me. I've moved address yet again and in all the fun have managed to lose a girlfriend, a box of records and a five pound note, the five pound note is particularly annoying but the records loss has destroyed me. Do everything you can to ensure that you are not so dependent on any one customer that the loss of his business could destroy you. They had been utterly destroyed by their Master. Prostitution is a system of slavery that emotionally, spiritually and physically destroys women and girls. Taylor kept secret for years that the super-exploitation had utterly destroyed Henry Noll. Either extreme may raise you to the highest heights or utterly destroy you. They forget to tell you of this pain, the kind that will eventually overwhelm and destroy you. Well, he has, and he was completely and utterly destroyed by it. So the expectation is that Mark Geragos has to destroy her or hurt her credibility or do something to defeat her. I've seen people come here and be utterly destroyed because they didn't know what they wanted to do. For Rilke, the father's all-encompassing love is what drove the prodigal son away in the first place and what threatens to overwhelm and destroy him on his return. In less than a minute, he could destroy me utterly, reducing me to a tearful, trembling wreck, consumed with a wretched, self-loathing misery. On one or two occasions women have come close to destroying me both emotionally and financially. Not content to destroy us emotionally, physically and spiritually, they also had to take us down calligraphically too. Hamsun's hero is set on a one-way road to suicide and although he does not kill himself he destroys himself. It wasn't as if she had simply left me; that would have destroyed me emotionally at first, but I guess I'd have learnt to cope with it. Hugo's deep-seated jealousy of O drives him to set in motion a plan to destroy him by ruining his relationship with Desi. The thought of anyone thinking the things that article said was true nearly destroyed her. 1.2 Defeat (someone) utterly. 彻底打败（某人） Northants have the batting to destroy anyone 北安普敦队的击球球艺所向披靡。 Example sentencesExamples Balki fights to destroy Andy Capp but will not hesitate to defeat anyone who stands in his way. This was the Shi'Kartan revenge for their treachery, to be destroyed utterly by weapons that they would never be able to defend against. War, its violence previously contained within law, spilled out to an attempt to utterly destroy the enemy. French retaliation on Saturday for a bombing raid that killed French peacekeepers destroyed Ivory Coast's tiny air force and left its airports under French control. No matter how many times the CPU seemingly cheated, or a friend managed to utterly destroy me using a lameass starter deck, I kept putting the game back in. At the very end, when the Allies were destroying the German Army, he was not so much bothered by this as he was by the fact that there were Jews still alive. He either needed to smash Michaels and destroy him at the end of the bout, or Michaels needed to get up and win the title at the last second because after all, isn't that what the match was built on? However, before I destroy you utterly, I will give you a chance to swear fealty to me. We were comprehensively beaten at Anfield where Titti Camra destroyed us nearly single-handed but the home game was another matter. Yet early in 1941 General O'Connor was robbed of the chance of destroying the opposing Italian Army by the need to send an expeditionary force to Greece. And that is ‘to chase the enemy to the ends of the earth and utterly destroy him’. He then used his expertise to destroy the German Army at Stalingrad which lead to Field Marshall von Paulus surrendering his forces. He still wanted to defeat Mega Man, but the idea of destroying him was becoming less inviting all the time. The intent of this maneuver was to trap one's enemy in a partial or complete envelopment to destroy him in a great, decisive battle of annihilation or encirclement. The American takes the first set, saving two break points before destroying his opponent with a monster cross-court forehand. Could butterflies resolve to destroy the Russian Army? Synonyms annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, extinguish, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate kill, slaughter, massacre, butcher, exterminate, decimate informal take out, rub out, snuff out, zap North American informal waste defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, vanquish, drub, trounce, rout, crush, give someone a drubbing, overwhelm informal lick, thrash, hammer, clobber, paste, give someone a pasting, whip, pound, pulverize, demolish, wipe the floor with, take to the cleaners, make mincemeat of, slaughter, murder, massacre, crucify, flatten, turn inside out, run rings around British informal stuff, marmalize North American informal shellac, blow out, cream, skunk US informal own 1.3 Kill (a sick, savage, or unwanted animal) by humane means. 以人道的方法杀死（有病、凶猛或多余的动物） their terrier was destroyed after the attack 他们的㹴犬在这次袭击之后就被以人道的方式宰杀了。 Example sentencesExamples As a consequence, the animal had to be destroyed at the scene. It took the Spence family 50 years of hard work to build up their herd of prize cattle and flock of sheep, but it took only a matter of hours for the animals to be destroyed. The spirit of the Whitehall farce is demonstrated in an incident ten days ago when a Cumbrian farmer was about to witness eight slaughtermen start to destroy his sheep flock. New section 57A in clause 29 provides that the court may order that a dog be destroyed if it has rushed at persons, animals, or vehicles. Going on the British example, the rest would probably not be compensated at all if their animals had to be destroyed. Eventually, it becomes so sick it must be destroyed. The government is paying full market value to the farmers for the animals that are being destroyed. Dotty was destroyed after savaging one of the Queen's corgis at the Sandringham estate shortly before Christmas two years ago. Eighteen years after their mad cow epidemic was first diagnosed, the British are still destroying all cattle over 30 months of age. The government announced last week that it planned to destroy all sheep and pigs within three kilometers of any confirmed outbreak in those areas. By the end of the year, 5.7 million animals had been destroyed and the outbreak had cost £2.7 billion. But one of its legs was badly injured and the animal had to be destroyed. Rangers on the island kill dingoes that appear aggressive to humans and about 40 of the animals have been destroyed during the past 10 years, officials said. The infected animals have already been destroyed. She said Mrs Foy had acted correctly in calling the police who had a list of vets and gamekeepers who could destroy a deer humanely. She refused to reveal how she intended to bring a end to the crisis in which more than three million livestock animals have been destroyed so far. She took the dog and had it destroyed by the Humane Society. Residents of the area, contacted by phone, confirmed that thousands of animals had been destroyed but said they didn't know why. It found up to 300 jobs could be lost if hunting is banned and those concerned feel impelled to destroy their horses and dogs. Nine animals had to be destroyed as a result of their condition. Synonyms kill, kill off, put down, put to sleep, slaughter, terminate, exterminate Origin Middle English: from Old French destruire, based on Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere 'build'. The word destroy comes via Old French from Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) and struere ‘build’. Rhymes ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, toy, trompe l'œil, troy Definition of destroy in US English: destroy verbdəˈstroidəˈstrɔɪ [with object] 1Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it. 毁灭；摧毁；彻底破坏（某物） the room had been destroyed by fire 这间屋被大火烧毁了。 Example sentencesExamples They have tailored a harmless chemical to make it bond perfectly with a naturally-produced enzyme commonly found in cancerous cells to form a powerful drug that attacks and destroys the cell. Eleven houses were destroyed or seriously damaged in the crash. The latest downpours that fell during the weekend destroyed a house and damaged 150 others, the State Agency for Civil Security announced yesterday. Mr Roebuck said the latest car fire had destroyed one vehicle and damaged two others parked near to it. The emergency created by this combination of circumstances is not a crisis unless there is a fire and the dining hall is destroyed or badly damaged. One classroom was destroyed and another badly damaged in the attack on Wintringham School's art block. Attack operations can also contribute to preventing future attacks by destroying launchers after firing but before reuse. The tree caused £30,000 worth of damage by destroying one half of the building. In the weeks following the attacks, Hindu homes and businesses were also destroyed in retaliatory attacks by Muslims, according to the report. These are unstable forms of oxygen that cause cellular damage by destroying important fats in the body. The latest attack comes nine months after the club changing rooms were destroyed in a fire, which caused around £11,000 damage. The fire was tackled by 70 firefighters and comes just four years after the same school was virtually destroyed in an arson attack which caused £8m of damage. National parks are no exception to this rule, there is only one proven way to return them to their pristine condition and prevent bush fire from destroying them. After leaving home he formed a pop-punk outfit called Snug, known for attacking the audience and destroying equipment. The Deutsche Hygiene Museum says that of course most records were destroyed in an attack in 1945, but that still no one they talked to seems to remember anything about this project. Artistic youngsters in Tang Hall, York, are playing their part in rebuilding their local community hall - a year after it was destroyed in an arson attack. In the early hours of Saturday morning a petrol bomb attack in the Farmley area of Glengormley destroyed one car and damaged another. A York Scout group left homeless when an arson attack destroyed their base have found new headquarters in East Yorkshire. Mr Browne said if a plantation is destroyed or damaged by fire, the incident should be reported to the nearest Garda station and to the Forest Service. Parkinson's disease attacks and destroys these nerve cells, meaning the brain is starved of dopamine. Synonyms demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, level, raze, raze to the ground, fell, dismantle, break up, wreck, ruin, smash, shatter, crash, blast, blow up, blow to bits, blow to pieces, dynamite, explode, bomb, torpedo spoil, ruin, wreck, disfigure, blight, mar, blemish, impair, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm, devastate, damage, lay waste, ravage, wreak havoc on wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, terminate, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, scotch, shatter, vitiate, blast, devastate, demolish, sabotage, torpedo 1.1 Ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually. （在感情、精神上）毁掉（某人）；使（某人）崩溃 he has been determined to destroy her 他下决心要毁了她。 Example sentencesExamples In less than a minute, he could destroy me utterly, reducing me to a tearful, trembling wreck, consumed with a wretched, self-loathing misery. Well, he has, and he was completely and utterly destroyed by it. Taylor kept secret for years that the super-exploitation had utterly destroyed Henry Noll. I couldn't ever let anyone know, it would destroy me. Not content to destroy us emotionally, physically and spiritually, they also had to take us down calligraphically too. The thought of anyone thinking the things that article said was true nearly destroyed her. They forget to tell you of this pain, the kind that will eventually overwhelm and destroy you. They had been utterly destroyed by their Master. Hugo's deep-seated jealousy of O drives him to set in motion a plan to destroy him by ruining his relationship with Desi. On one or two occasions women have come close to destroying me both emotionally and financially. Hamsun's hero is set on a one-way road to suicide and although he does not kill himself he destroys himself. I've seen people come here and be utterly destroyed because they didn't know what they wanted to do. I've moved address yet again and in all the fun have managed to lose a girlfriend, a box of records and a five pound note, the five pound note is particularly annoying but the records loss has destroyed me. It wasn't as if she had simply left me; that would have destroyed me emotionally at first, but I guess I'd have learnt to cope with it. Prostitution is a system of slavery that emotionally, spiritually and physically destroys women and girls. Either extreme may raise you to the highest heights or utterly destroy you. Do everything you can to ensure that you are not so dependent on any one customer that the loss of his business could destroy you. In terms of his legacy, a victory gains him nothing and defeat destroys him. So the expectation is that Mark Geragos has to destroy her or hurt her credibility or do something to defeat her. For Rilke, the father's all-encompassing love is what drove the prodigal son away in the first place and what threatens to overwhelm and destroy him on his return. 1.2 Defeat (someone) utterly. 彻底打败（某人） the Tigers destroyed the Padres in five games Example sentencesExamples And that is ‘to chase the enemy to the ends of the earth and utterly destroy him’. We were comprehensively beaten at Anfield where Titti Camra destroyed us nearly single-handed but the home game was another matter. The American takes the first set, saving two break points before destroying his opponent with a monster cross-court forehand. French retaliation on Saturday for a bombing raid that killed French peacekeepers destroyed Ivory Coast's tiny air force and left its airports under French control. This was the Shi'Kartan revenge for their treachery, to be destroyed utterly by weapons that they would never be able to defend against. At the very end, when the Allies were destroying the German Army, he was not so much bothered by this as he was by the fact that there were Jews still alive. Balki fights to destroy Andy Capp but will not hesitate to defeat anyone who stands in his way. No matter how many times the CPU seemingly cheated, or a friend managed to utterly destroy me using a lameass starter deck, I kept putting the game back in. Yet early in 1941 General O'Connor was robbed of the chance of destroying the opposing Italian Army by the need to send an expeditionary force to Greece. Could butterflies resolve to destroy the Russian Army? He then used his expertise to destroy the German Army at Stalingrad which lead to Field Marshall von Paulus surrendering his forces. He either needed to smash Michaels and destroy him at the end of the bout, or Michaels needed to get up and win the title at the last second because after all, isn't that what the match was built on? However, before I destroy you utterly, I will give you a chance to swear fealty to me. War, its violence previously contained within law, spilled out to an attempt to utterly destroy the enemy. He still wanted to defeat Mega Man, but the idea of destroying him was becoming less inviting all the time. The intent of this maneuver was to trap one's enemy in a partial or complete envelopment to destroy him in a great, decisive battle of annihilation or encirclement. Synonyms annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, extinguish, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, vanquish, drub, trounce, rout, crush, give someone a drubbing, overwhelm 1.3usually be destroyed Kill (a sick, savage, or unwanted animal) by humane means. 以人道的方法杀死（有病、凶猛或多余的动物） their terrier was destroyed after the attack 他们的㹴犬在这次袭击之后就被以人道的方式宰杀了。 Example sentencesExamples Rangers on the island kill dingoes that appear aggressive to humans and about 40 of the animals have been destroyed during the past 10 years, officials said. Going on the British example, the rest would probably not be compensated at all if their animals had to be destroyed. She took the dog and had it destroyed by the Humane Society. But one of its legs was badly injured and the animal had to be destroyed. She said Mrs Foy had acted correctly in calling the police who had a list of vets and gamekeepers who could destroy a deer humanely. It took the Spence family 50 years of hard work to build up their herd of prize cattle and flock of sheep, but it took only a matter of hours for the animals to be destroyed. It found up to 300 jobs could be lost if hunting is banned and those concerned feel impelled to destroy their horses and dogs. By the end of the year, 5.7 million animals had been destroyed and the outbreak had cost £2.7 billion. As a consequence, the animal had to be destroyed at the scene. She refused to reveal how she intended to bring a end to the crisis in which more than three million livestock animals have been destroyed so far. Eventually, it becomes so sick it must be destroyed. Eighteen years after their mad cow epidemic was first diagnosed, the British are still destroying all cattle over 30 months of age. Nine animals had to be destroyed as a result of their condition. New section 57A in clause 29 provides that the court may order that a dog be destroyed if it has rushed at persons, animals, or vehicles. The infected animals have already been destroyed. Residents of the area, contacted by phone, confirmed that thousands of animals had been destroyed but said they didn't know why. Dotty was destroyed after savaging one of the Queen's corgis at the Sandringham estate shortly before Christmas two years ago. The government is paying full market value to the farmers for the animals that are being destroyed. The government announced last week that it planned to destroy all sheep and pigs within three kilometers of any confirmed outbreak in those areas. The spirit of the Whitehall farce is demonstrated in an incident ten days ago when a Cumbrian farmer was about to witness eight slaughtermen start to destroy his sheep flock. Synonyms kill, kill off, put down, put to sleep, slaughter, terminate, exterminate Origin Middle English: from Old French destruire, based on Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal) + struere ‘build’.
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