DESTRUCT


Meaning of DESTRUCT in English

v. & n. US esp. Astronaut.

v. 1 tr. destroy (one's own rocket etc.) deliberately, esp. for safety reasons. 2 intr. be destroyed in this way.

n. an act of destructing.

[ L destruere (as DESTROY) or as back-form. f. DESTRUCTION ]

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