destroy
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
The fire destroyed the house
Types & categories
- unmake hypernym
- kill hyponym
- eliminate hyponym
- self-destruct hyponym
- destruct hyponym
- end hyponym
- fracture hyponym
- sweep away hyponym
- interdict hyponym
- pulverise hyponym
- break apart hyponym
- dismantle hyponym
- extirpate hyponym
- dilapidate hyponym
- demyelinate hyponym
Related & opposite
- destruction derivation
- destroyer derivation
- ruiner derivation
- destructive derivation
- destructible derivation
Sense 2 verb
destroy completely; damage irreparably
You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- destruction derivation
- laying waste derivation
- destroyer derivation
- wipeout derivation
- ruination derivation
- ruiner derivation
- ruin derivation
- destructible derivation
Sense 3 verb
defeat soundly
The home team demolished the visitors
Types & categories
- defeat hypernym
- smash hyponym
- swallow hyponym
- cut to ribbons hyponym
Related & opposite
- demolition derivation
Sense 4 verb
put (an animal) to death
The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destruction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destroyer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruiner |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destructive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | destructible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unmake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eliminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-destruct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | destruct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | end |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweep away |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interdict |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pulverise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break apart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dismantle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extirpate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dilapidate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demyelinate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | destruction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | laying waste |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | destroyer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruiner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | destructible |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | burn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | devastate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ravage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vandalize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | do a job on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subvert |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | get |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | devour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | explode |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | consume |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipwreck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | demolition |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | defeat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | smash |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | swallow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut to ribbons |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |