destruct

Meaning

1. (nonstandard, transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
2. (transitive) To invoke the destructor of.
3. (intransitive) To self-destruct.

Synonyms

destroy

ruin

demolish

devastate

wreck

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

erase

exterminate

ravage

disrupt

obliterate

cripple

demolishment

desolate

devastative

devour

do away with

drag down

efface

eradicate

extinguish

fritter

go

hold back

interdict

key

🔑

mar

mishandle

murder

nuke

plunder

prevent

pulverise

pulverize

rase

raze

restraint

sack

shatter

shipwreck

smash

spoil

subvert

total

unmake

vandalise

vandalize

vaporize

wipe out

Translations

zerstören

distruggere

détruire

destruir

καταστρέφω

dévaster

destrossar

arruïnar

destruir

verheeren

vernichten

verwüsten

verderben

zu Grunde richten

trencar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈstɹʌkt/

Etymology

Back-formation from destruction.