destroyverb/dɪˈstɹɔɪ/

• 1

  To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

  • The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
  • Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
• 2

  To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

  • Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
• 3

  To put down or euthanize.

  • Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
• 4

  To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.

  • Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
  • Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation.
• 5

  informalTo utterly defeat; to crush.

  • Remember when Germany destroyed Brazil 7–1 in the World Cup?
  • Growing up, [Kevin] Durant told me, he was a sore loser. That all changed one day when he was 11, after he got destroyed by his father in a game of one on one in the driveway.
• 6

  computingengineeringmathematicsTo remove data.

  • The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
• 7

  slangbodybuildinghobbieslifestyleTo exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.

  • This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.
• 8

  vulgarslangTo penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

  • She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet.