destroy
dest
ˈdÉĒst
dist
roy
rɔÉĒ
roy
/dÉĒˈstrɔÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "destroy"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause damage to something in a way that it no longer exists, works, etc.
Transitive: to destroy sth
to destroy definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Wars and conflicts frequently destroy historical landmarks.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone severe emotional or spiritual harm
Transitive: to destroy sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The trauma from the war destroyed many soldiers, leaving them emotionally shattered.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to completely defeat or overpower someone
Transitive: to destroy an opponent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team 's performance destroyed their rivals, leading to a crushing victory.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āχāωāĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

to end the life of an animal in a way intended to minimize suffering
Transitive: to destroy an animal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shelter had no choice but to destroy the stray dog because it was too aggressive.
āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϕ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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