destroy

destroy
1. v разрушать; разбивать

to destroy a building — разрушить здание

2. v разбивать, расстраивать
3. v ломать, портить

to destroy a dress — разорвать платье

attempts to destroy the existing military balance — стремление сломать сложившееся военное равновесие

4. v уничтожать; истреблять

to destroy a document — уничтожить документ

destroy a target — уничтожать цель

to destroy in detail — уничтожать по частям

destroy nuclear weapon — уничтожать ядерное оружие

5. v убивать

to destroy an injured horse — убить раненую лошадь

Синонимический ряд:
1. annihilate (verb) annihilate; atomise; atomize; break; break down; consume; crush; dash; decapitate; demolish; destruct; devastate; discreate; dismantle; dissolve; dynamite; knock down; level; mangle; overwhelm; pull down; pulverise; pulverize; quench; ravage; raze; rub out; ruin; sack; shatter; shoot; sink; smash; subdue; tear down; torpedo; total; unbuild; undo; unframe; unmake; wrack; wreck
2. end (verb) butcher; decimate; end; eradicate; exterminate; obliterate; overthrow; overturn; slaughter
3. kill (verb) carry off; cut off; dispatch; down; finish; kill; lay low; liquidate; murder; put away; scrag; slay; take off
4. nullify (verb) disable; invalidate; nullify
Антонимический ряд:
adorn; build; construct; create; embellish; fabricate; invigorate; make; originate; refresh; renew; repair; replace; restore; save; spare

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  • Destroy — De*stroy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Destroyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Destroying}.] [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien, OF. destruire, F. d[ e]truire, fr. L. destruere, destructum; de + struere to pile up, build. See {Structure}.] 1. To unbuild; to pull… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • destroy — destroy, demolish, raze mean to pull or tear down. Destroy is so general in its application that it may imply the operation of any force that wrecks, kills, crushes, or annihilates {idestroy a nest of caterpillars} {destroy affection} {a building …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • destroy — [di stroi′] vt. [ME destroien < OFr destruire < L destruere < de , down + struere, to build: see STRUCTURE] 1. to tear down; demolish 2. to break up or spoil completely; ruin 3. to bring to total defeat; crush 4. to put an end to; do… …   English World dictionary

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  • destroy — (v.) early 13c., from O.Fr. destruire (12c., Mod.Fr. détruire) destroy, ravage, lay waste, from V.L. *destrugere (Cf. It. distruggere), refashioned (influenced by destructus), from L. destruere tear down, demolish, lit. un build, from de un ,… …   Etymology dictionary

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