destruir

Betekenis

1. (transitive) to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of)
2. (transitive) to undo
3. (transitive) to break down
4. (transitive) to annihilate, exterminate
5. (transitive) to extinguish (make disappear)
6. (figuratively,transitive) to upset, disturb
7. (intransitive) to crush (reduce to nothing)

Met koppelteken als

des‧tru‧ir

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/des.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/

Etymologie

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destruir, destroir, from Latin dēstruere (“to destroy”) (probably an early borrowing), from dē + struō (“to put together”).