détruire

Meaning

  1. to destroy
  2. to destruct
  3. to demolish

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.tʁɥiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French destruire, from Old French destruire, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”).

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