destruct

verb

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Senses

destroy (one's own missile or rocket)

The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

The fire destroyed the house

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	hypernym	Types & categories	destroy
2	derivation	Related & opposite	destruction
2	derivation	Related & opposite	destroyer
2	derivation	Related & opposite	ruiner
2	derivation	Related & opposite	destructive
2	derivation	Related & opposite	destructible
2	hypernym	Types & categories	unmake
2	hyponym	Types & categories	kill
2	hyponym	Types & categories	eliminate
2	hyponym	Types & categories	self-destruct
2	hyponym	Types & categories	destruct
2	hyponym	Types & categories	end
2	hyponym	Types & categories	fracture
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sweep away
2	hyponym	Types & categories	interdict
2	hyponym	Types & categories	pulverise
2	hyponym	Types & categories	break apart
2	hyponym	Types & categories	dismantle
2	hyponym	Types & categories	extirpate
2	hyponym	Types & categories	dilapidate
2	hyponym	Types & categories	demyelinate