destruir

Meaning

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)

Hyphenated as

des‧tru‧ir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/des.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/

Etymology

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