destroy
US: /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/
UK: /dɪstɹˈɔɪ/
UK: /dɪstɹˈɔɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
destroy /dis'trɔi/
- ngoại động từ
- phá, phá hoại, phá huỷ, tàn phá, tiêu diệt
- làm mất hiệu lực, triệt phá
- to destroy oneself: tự sát
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 to damage sth so badly that it no longer exists, works, etc: The building was completely destroyed by fire. + They've destroyed all the evidence. + Heat gradually destroys vitamin C. + You have destroyed my hopes of happiness. + Failure was slowly destroying him (= making him less and less confident and happy).
2 to kill an animal deliberately, usually because it is sick or not wanted: The injured horse had to be destroyed.
See also -
WORD FAMILY
destroy v.
destroyer n.
destruction n.
destructive adj.
indestructible adj.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 demolish, tear or pull down, raze, wipe out, ravage, wreck, smash, ruin, break up or down, annihilate, crush, eradicate, extirpate, exterminate, devastate, commit mayhem, lay waste, vandalize, Slang US trash:
The invading hordes destroyed everything, leaving desolation in their wake. The storm destroyed fifty houses.
2 ruin, do away with, end, make an end of, bring to an end, bring or put an end to, terminate, finish, kill:
Realizing what he had done, he destroyed himself. The trial destroyed his career.
3 counteract, neutralize, nullify, annul, cancel (out), reverse; stop, interfere with:
Caught embezzling, Martin destroyed everything he had worked for. Sunspot activity destroyed radio transmission this week.
4 disprove, refute, confute, deny, contradict, negate, overturn, overthrow, ruin, spoil, undermine, weaken, enfeeble, devitalize, exhaust, disable, cripple:
By pointing out just one flaw, she destroyed his entire argument.
Collocation dictionary
1 damage sth so badly that it no longer exists
ADV.
completely, entirely, totally, utterly | all but, almost, effectively, practically, virtually
Their lives have been virtually destroyed by this tragedy.
| largely | partly | systematically
The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.
| by fire
The building was destroyed by fire last year.
VERB + DESTROY
can/could
Drugs can destroy the health and lives of young people.
| threaten to
This disease threatens to destroy many of our native trees.
PHRASES
an attempt to destroy sth
a new attempt to destroy enemy positions
| be capable of destroying sth
These weapons are capable of destroying the entire planet.
| be intent on destroying sth
She seemed intent on destroying everything they had built up together.
2 kill an animal
ADV.
humanely
PHRASES
have to be destroyed
The horse broke a leg and had to be destroyed.
Concise English dictionary
destroys|destroyed|destroyingdɪ'strɔɪ
verb
+do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
+destroy completely; damage irreparably
+defeat soundly
+put to death
