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Showing words for DESTROY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Destroy

destroy, roysted, stroyed

6 Letter Words for Destroy

destry, doters, oyster, rosety, rosted, sorted, stored, strode, styred, toyers, trodes

5 Letter Words for Destroy

desto, doers, doest, dorey, dorse, dorts, dorty, doser, doter, dotes, doyst, drest, dreys, dyers, estro, eyots, oyers, redos, resod, resty, rodes, rosed, roset, roted, rotes, royet, royst, ryots, sored, sorty, stero, store, story, strey, stroy, styre, tored, tores, torse, tosed, toyed, toyer, treys, trode, trods, troys, tyers, tyros, yerds, yores

4 Letter Words for Destroy

dero, deys, doer, does, dore, dors, dort, dory, dose, dost, dote, dots, doty, drey, drys, dyer, dyes, eros, erst, eyot, oder, odes, ords, ored, ores, orts, oyer, oyes, redo, reds, rest, retd, rets, rode, rods, roed, roes, roey, rose, rost, rosy, rote, rots, royt, ryes, ryot, seor, sero, sert, sody, sord, sore, sort, sory, sted, ster, stey, stod, stor, stre, syed, syre, syrt, teds, tedy, tode, tods, tody, toed, toes, toey, tore, tors, tose, tosy, toys, tres, trey, trod, troy, trye, tyde, tyed, tyer, tyes, tyro, yedo, yerd, yeso, yest, yode, yods, yore, yote

3 Letter Words for Destroy

der, des, det, dey, doe, dor, dos, dot, dry, dso, dsr, dye, dys, edo, eds, eos, erd, ers, ert, esd, esr, est, ety, eyr, ode, ods, oer, oes, ord, ore, ors, ort, ory, ose, oye, oys, red, res, rod, roe, ros, rot, rte, rye, sed, ser, set, sey, sod, sot, soy, std, str, sty, sye, syr, tdr, ted, ter, tes, tod, toe, tor, tos, toy, trs, try, tye, tyr, yds, yed, yeo, yer, yes, yet, yod, yoe, yor, yos, yot, yrs

Definitions for Destroy

[1] to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
[2] to put an end to; extinguish.
[3] to kill; slay.
[4] to render ineffective or useless; nullify; neutralize; invalidate.
[5] to defeat completely.
[6] to engage in destruction.
[7] to ruin; spoil; render useless
[8] to tear down or demolish; break up; raze
[9] to put an end to; do away with; extinguish
[10] to kill or annihilate
[11] to crush, subdue, or defeat
[12] (intr) to be destructive or cause destruction

Words related to Destroy

end, consume, wreck, dismantle, ruin, smash, shatter, damage, ravage, crush, impair, sabotage, kill, gut, maim, raze, eradicate, deface, desolate, slay

Words nearby Destroy

destitute, destitution, destock, destool, destrier, destroy, destroyer, destroyer escort, destroying angel, destruct, destructible

Origin of Destroy

1175–1225; Middle English destroyen < Old French destruire < Vulgar Latin dēstrūgere (unattested), for Latin dēstruere (dē- de- + struere “to pick up, build”)

Words that may be confused with Destroy

decimate, destroy, (see, usage, note, at, decimate)

Other words from Destroy

de·stroy·a·ble , adjective
half-de·stroyed , adjective
pre·de·stroy , verb (used with object)
self-de·stroyed , adjective
self-de·stroy·ing , adjective
un·de·stroyed , adjective
well-de·stroyed , adjective

Word origin for Destroy

C13: from Old French destruire, from Latin dēstruere to pull down, from de- + struere to pile up, build

Synonyms for Destroy

consume, crush, damage, dismantle, end, eradicate, gut, impair, kill, maim, ravage, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, smash, wipe out, wreck, abort, annihilate, annul, axe, butcher, cream, deface, desolate, despoil, dispatch, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, level, liquidate, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravish, slay, suppress, torpedo, total, trash, vaporize, waste, wax, zap, blot out, break down, lay waste, snuff out, spoliate, stamp out, swallow up, tear down