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destroy
English
Etymology
From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrug?, from Classical Latin d?stru?, from d?- (“un-, de-”) + stru? (“I build”). Displaced native shend (“destroy, injure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??st???/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: de?stroy
Verb
destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
- (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
- (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
- (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
- 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide
- Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation.
- 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide
- (colloquial, transitive, hyperbolic) To defeat soundly.
- (computing, transitive) To remove data.
- (US, colloquial, slang) To sing a song poorly.
- (bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.
- (slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
Synonyms
- annihilate
- break
- demolish
- kill
- ruin
- waste
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Antonyms
- build
- construct
- create
- make
- raise
- repair
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- stroyed
destroy From the web:
- what destroys the ozone layer
- what destroyed the roman empire
- what destroys pathogens
- what destroyed the dinosaurs
- what destroyed the roman republic
- what destroyed pompeii
- what destroys red blood cells
expend
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expend? (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?sp?nd/, /?k?sp?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)
- (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
- If my death might make this island happy […]
- I would expend it with all willingness.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
- (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse
Related terms
- expenditure
- expense
- expensive
Translations
See also
- expent
expend From the web:
- what expenditure means
- what expendable mean
- what expendables is chuck norris in
- what expenditures should be capitalized
- what expendable mean rambo
- what expenditures are capitalized
- what expanding mean
- what expenditures are tax deductible
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