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DESTROY, v.t. [L. To pile, to build.]

1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an edifice, the union of which is necessary to constitute the thing; as, to destroy a house or temple; to destroy a fortification.

2. To ruin; to annihilate a thing by demolishing or by burning; as, to destroy a city.

3. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence.

4. To lay waste; to make desolate.

Go up against this land, and destroy it. Is. 36.

5. To kill; to slay; to extirpate; applied to men or other animals.

Ye shall destroy all this people. Num. 32.

All the wicked will he destroy. Ps. 145.

6. To take away; to cause to cease; to put an end to; as, pain destroys happiness.

That the body of sin might be destroyed. Rom 6.

7. To kill; to eat; to devour; to consume. Birds destroy insects. Hawks destroy chickens.

8. In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing or the form in which it exists. An army is destroyed by slaughter, capture or dispersion; a forest, by the ax, or by fire; towns, by fire or inundation, &c.

9. In chimistry, to resolve a body into its parts or elements.


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DESTROY, v.t. [L. To pile, to build.]

1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an edifice, the union of which is necessary to constitute the thing; as, to destroy a house or temple; to destroy a fortification.

2. To ruin; to annihilate a thing by demolishing or by burning; as, to destroy a city.

3. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence.

4. To lay waste; to make desolate.

Go up against this land, and destroy it. Is. 36.

5. To kill; to slay; to extirpate; applied to men or other animals.

Ye shall destroy all this people. Num. 32.

All the wicked will he destroy. Ps. 145.

6. To take away; to cause to cease; to put an end to; as, pain destroys happiness.

That the body of sin might be destroyed. Rom 6.

7. To kill; to eat; to devour; to consume. Birds destroy insects. Hawks destroy chickens.

8. In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing or the form in which it exists. An army is destroyed by slaughter, capture or dispersion; a forest, by the ax, or by fire; towns, by fire or inundation, &c.

9. In chimistry, to resolve a body into its parts or elements.

DE-STROY', v.t. [L. destruo; de and struo, to pile, to build; Fr. detruire; It. distruggere; Sp. and Port. destruir. See Structure.]

  1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an edifice, the union of which is necessary to constitute the thing; as, to destroy a house or temple; to destroy a fortification.
  2. To ruin; to annihilate a thing by demolishing or by burning; as, to destroy a city.
  3. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence.
  4. To lay waste; to make desolate. Go up against this land, and destroy it. – Is. xxxvi.
  5. To kill; to slay; to extirpate; applied to men or other animals. Ye shall destroy all this people. – Num. xxxii. All the wicked will he destroy. – Ps. cxlv.
  6. To take away; to cause to cease; to put an end to; as, pain destroys happiness. That the body of sin might be destroyed. – Rom. vi.
  7. To kill; to eat; to devour; to consume. Birds destroy insects. Hawks destroy chickens.
  8. In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing, or the form in which it exists. An army is destroyed by slaughter, rapture, or dispersion; a forest, by the ax, or by fire; towns, by fire or inundation, &c.
  9. In chimistry, to resolve a body into its parts or elements.

De*stroy"
  1. To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. Ex. xxxiv. 13.

  2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.

    I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation. Jer. xii. 17.

  3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.

    If him by force he can destroy, or, worse,
    By some false guile pervert.     Milton.

    Syn. -- To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle; ruin; throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate; deface; extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See Demolish.

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Destroy

DESTROY, verb transitive [Latin To pile, to build.]

1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an edifice, the union of which is necessary to constitute the thing; as, to destroy a house or temple; to destroy a fortification.

2. To ruin; to annihilate a thing by demolishing or by burning; as, to destroy a city.

3. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence.

4. To lay waste; to make desolate.

Go up against this land, and destroy it. Isaiah 36:10.

5. To kill; to slay; to extirpate; applied to men or other animals.

Ye shall destroy all this people. Numbers 32:15.

All the wicked will he destroy Psalms 145:20.

6. To take away; to cause to cease; to put an end to; as, pain destroys happiness.

That the body of sin might be destroyed. Romans 6:6.

7. To kill; to eat; to devour; to consume. Birds destroy insects. Hawks destroy chickens.

8. In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing or the form in which it exists. An army is destroyed by slaughter, capture or dispersion; a forest, by the ax, or by fire; towns, by fire or inundation, etc.

9. In chimistry, to resolve a body into its parts or elements.

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