Definition of destroy
- destroyed the files
- their reputation was destroyed
- a disease that destroys the body's ability to fight off illness
- … destroyed any hope of a return to past crackdowns …
- —George Brock
- destroy an injured horse
- the moon destroys the light of the stars
- armies had been crippled but not destroyed
- —W. L. Shirer
- it is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct
- —T. S. Eliot