transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪstrɔɪ ]
( destroys, destroying, destroyed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
That’s a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos...
VERB : V n
2.
To destroy someone means to ruin their life or to make their situation impossible to bear.
If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me.
VERB : V n
3.
If an animal is destroyed , it is killed, either because it is ill or because it is dangerous.
Lindsay was unhurt but the horse had to be destroyed.
= put down
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
4.
see also soul-destroying