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destroyed
Overview of verb destroy
The verb destroy has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (48) destroy, destruct -- (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house")
2. (28) destroy, ruin -- (destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up")
3. (2) demolish, destroy -- (defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors")
4. destroy -- (put to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid")
Overview of adj destroyed
The adj destroyed has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) destroyed -- (spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind")
2. (1) destroyed, ruined -- (destroyed physically or morally)
Antonyms of verb destroy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb destroy
4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 4
destroy
=> kill
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb destroy
3 of 4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> kill
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> self-destruct, self-destroy
=> destruct
=> end
=> fracture
=> wipe out, sweep away
=> interdict
=> demolish, pulverize, pulverise
=> disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
=> dilapidate
=> demyelinate
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
=> burn, fire, burn down
=> lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> harry, ravage
=> break
=> break, bust
=> vandalize, vandalise
=> do a job on
=> subvert
=> get
=> devour
=> rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
=> explode
=> consume
=> shipwreck
=> bust up, wreck, wrack
=> kick in, kick down
=> wash out
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> smash
=> swallow
=> cut to ribbons
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb destroy
4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 4
destroy
=> kill
'Cause To' of verb destroy
Derived Forms of verb destroy
2 of 4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
RELATED TO>(adj) destructible#1
=> destructible
RELATED TO>(adj) destructive#1
=> destructive
RELATED TO>(noun) destruction#1
=> destruction, devastation
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#2
=> destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#1
=> destroyer, guided missile destroyer
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
RELATED TO>(adj) destructible#1
=> destructible
RELATED TO>(noun) destruction#2
=> destruction, demolition, wipeout
RELATED TO>(noun) destruction#1
=> destruction, devastation
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#2
=> destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
RELATED TO>(noun) destroyer#1
=> destroyer, guided missile destroyer
Domain of verb destroy
Domain Terms of verb destroy
Familiarity of verb destroy
destroy used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb destroy
4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
destroy, ruin
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
EX: The fighter managed to destroy his opponent
Sense 4
destroy
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb destroy
3 of 4 senses of destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
> unmake, undo
=> destroy, destruct
Sense 3
demolish, destroy
> get the better of, overcome, defeat
=> demolish, destroy
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> wallop
=> down
=> overrun
=> lurch, skunk
=> get the best, have the best, overcome
=> overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
=> rout, rout out, expel
=> upset
=> nose
=> conquer
=> survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
Sense 4
destroy
> kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
=> decimate
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> commit suicide
=> dispatch
=> zap, vaporize
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away, put to sleep
=> neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> decapitate, behead, decollate
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> shed blood
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
=> electrocute, fry
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb destroy
Sense 1
destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
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Sense 2
destroy, ruin
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Sense 3
demolish, destroy
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
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Sense 4
destroy
=> kill
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Grep of verb destroy
destroy
self-destroy
Antonyms of adj destroyed
2 senses of destroyed
Sense 1
destroyed (vs. preserved)
preserved (vs. destroyed)
=> conserved
=> kept up(predicate), maintained, well-kept
=> preservable
=> protected, saved
=> retained, maintained
Sense 2
destroyed, ruined
INDIRECT (VIA lost) -> saved
Similarity of adj destroyed
2 senses of destroyed
Sense 1
destroyed (vs. preserved)
=> annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)
=> blighted, spoilt
=> blotted out, obliterate, obliterated
=> broken, wiped out(predicate), impoverished
=> burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out
=> demolished, dismantled, razed
=> despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked
=> done for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal)
=> extinguished
=> fallen
=> finished, ruined
=> scorched
=> shattered, tattered
=> totaled
=> war-torn, war-worn
=> wrecked
Also See> damaged#1
Sense 2
destroyed, ruined
=> lost (vs. saved)
Pertainyms of adj destroyed
Attributes of adj destroyed
Domain of adj destroyed
Domain Terms of adj destroyed
Familiarity of adj destroyed
destroyed used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj destroyed
destroyed
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