destroy
verb [T] /dɪˈstrɔɪ/Definition
B1 to damage something so badly that it cannot be used: Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war. The accident seemed to have completely/totally destroyed his confidence.Destroying and demolishingDamaging and spoiling › to kill an animal because it is ill, in pain, or dangerousVeterinary medicineKillingMurder and attempted murder
(Definition of destroy verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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