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destroy (dɪsˈtrɔɪ Pronunciation for destroy ) 

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transitive verb

  1. (gen) destruir, destrozar
    1. (= kill) matar
      1. [+ pet] sacrificar
      2. [+ vermin] exterminar
    2. (figurative) [+ relationship, hopes etc] destrozar, acabar con
     ⇒ the factory was destroyed by a fire la fábrica quedó destrozada or fue arrasada por un incendio

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= ruin, smash, crush, waste, devastate, break down, wreck, shatter, gut, wipe out, dispatch, dismantle, demolish, trash, total, ravage, slay, eradicate, torpedo, extinguish, desolate, annihilate, put paid to, raze, blow to bits, extirpate, blow sky-high
= devastate, overwhelm, overpower, floor, take aback, chagrin, nonplus, discompose
= slaughter, kill, put down, exterminate, put to sleep
= annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, erase, eradicate, extinguish, liquidate, root out, exterminate, nullify, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth
= defeat, beat, master, tank, crush, overwhelm, conquer, overthrow, lick, undo, subdue, rout, overpower, quell, trounce, clobber, stuff, vanquish, subjugate, run rings around, wipe the floor with, make mincemeat of, pip at the post, outplay, blow out of the water

'destroy' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: يُدَمِّرُPronunciation for يُدَمِّرُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: destruirPronunciation for destruir
  • Chinese: 破坏Pronunciation for 破坏
  • Croatian: uništitiPronunciation for uništiti
  • Czech: ničitPronunciation for ničit zničit
  • Danish: ødelæggePronunciation for ødelægge
  • Dutch: verwoestenPronunciation for verwoesten
  • European Spanish: destruirPronunciation for destruir
  • Finnish: tuhotaPronunciation for tuhota
  • French: détruirePronunciation for détruire
  • German: zerstörenPronunciation for zerstören
  • Greek: καταστρέφωPronunciation for καταστρέφω
  • Italian: distruggerePronunciation for distruggere
  • Japanese: 破壊するPronunciation for 破壊する
  • Korean: 파괴하다Pronunciation for 파괴하다
  • Norwegian: ødeleggePronunciation for ødelegge
  • Polish: zniszczyćPronunciation for zniszczyć niszczyć
  • Portuguese: destruirPronunciation for destruir
  • Romanian: a distruge
  • Russian: уничтожатьPronunciation for уничтожать
  • Spanish: destruirPronunciation for destruir
  • Swedish: förstöraPronunciation for förstöra
  • Thai: ทำลายPronunciation for ทำลาย
  • Turkish: yok etmekPronunciation for yok etmek
  • Ukrainian: знищувати знищити
  • Vietnamese: phá hủyPronunciation for phá hủy

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