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destroy

English

  1. 🔊 put (an animal) to death
    “The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid”
  2. 🔊 destroy completely
    “You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!”
  3. 🔊 do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
    “The fire destroyed the house”
  4. 🔊 defeat soundly and humiliatingly
    “The home team demolished the visitors”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 destruir to destroy
  2. 🔊 ruinar to destroy, ruin
  3. 🔊 destrozar to destroy, to break
  4. 🔊 deschamizar to destroy, rip to shreds
  5. 🔊 desguazar to destroy, cut into pieces
  6. 🔊 estragar to destroy, raze, ruin, ravage

Similar words

demolish put down ruin destruct abolish abuse afflict aggrieve annihilate annul assault atomize attack baffle balk barbarize batter beat beat all hollow beat hollow befoul bereave of life best bewitch