Destroy /(?)/

De·stroy

Destroy

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Destroyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Destroying

  1. To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves.
    — Ex. xxxiv. 13.
  2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
    I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation.
    — Jer. xii. 17.
  3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.
    If him by force he can destroy, or, worse, By some false guile pervert.