destruir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
- murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
- nuke noun A nuclear weapon.
- ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
- waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
Senses
destruir is used for these senses in English:
- destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
- destroy (transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.
- destroy (transitive, computing) To remove data.
- murder (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To defeat decisively.
- nuke (transitive, chiefly, US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.
- ruin To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- waste (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
destroy — full definition
- verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
- verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
- verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.
murder — full definition
- noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
- verb To deliberately and unlawfully kill someone.
- noun The collective noun for a group of crows.
- verb To do something very badly, or to defeat someone completely (informal).
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