Destroy - English meaning

noun

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion.

Usage examples:

They were thrown backwards by the blast

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

exclamation

Expressing annoyance.

Usage examples:

‘blast! the car won't start!’

phrasal verb

Explode.

Usage examples:

The car blew up as soon as it hit the wall

phrasal verb

Lose one's temper.

Usage examples:

Mum had blown up at dad with more than her usual vehemence

phrasal verb

Inflate.

Usage examples:

My stomach had started to blow up

noun

A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device.

Usage examples:

A bomb attack

verb

Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.

Usage examples:

They bombed the city at dawn

noun

A weapon that explodes and is used to kill or hurt people or to damage buildings

Usage examples:

Drop a bomb during the war, the enemy dropped a huge number of bombs on the city., a 100-pound bomb…

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

verb

(of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.

Usage examples:

A racing car had crashed, wrecking a safety barrier

noun

A violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object.

Usage examples:

A car crash

adjective

Done rapidly or urgently and involving a concentrated effort.

Usage examples:

A crash course in italian

verb

Pull or knock down (a building).

Usage examples:

The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre

verb

To completely destroy buildings or other structures

Usage examples:

Most of the town was demolished by the tornado., they demolished the old school to build a new one.

verb

To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else

Usage examples:

A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.

verb

Take (a machine or structure) to pieces.

Usage examples:

The engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap

verb

To take a machine or something complicated apart, usually to make it unable to work

Usage examples:

The government voted to dismantle its nuclear warheads., they worried that dismantling the welfare …

verb

To take a machine apart or to come apart into separate pieces

Usage examples:

She dismantled the washing machine to see what the problem was, but couldn't put it back together a…

noun

A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks.

Usage examples:

The builders of these bombs wouldn't have much trouble getting their hands on high explosives - dyn…

verb

Blow up (something) with dynamite.

Usage examples:

He threatened to dynamite a major hydroelectric dam

noun

A type of explosive

Usage examples:

A stick of dynamite, the social security issue is political dynamite., a work crew dynamited the co…

verb

Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process.

Usage examples:

An ammunition lorry exploded with a roar

verb

Burst and release energy as through a violent reaction

verb

To burst violently and usually with a loud noise, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] a bomb exploded nearby., [ t ] black holes are left behind by exploding stars called supernov…

verb

Past of fall.

noun

An amount of timber cut.

noun

A hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern england.

Usage examples:

Cross fell

idiom

Cause to come or go down

phrasal verb

Demolish a building or other structure.

Usage examples:

The closely packed houses were knocked down

phrasal verb

(especially of a vehicle) strike or collide with someone so as to cause them to fall to the ground.

Usage examples:

I was nearly knocked down by a bus

noun

A horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point.

Usage examples:

The front garden is on a level with this floor

adjective

Having a flat, horizontal surface.

Usage examples:

We had reached level ground

verb

Give a flat and even surface to.

Usage examples:

Contractors started levelling the ground for the new power station

idiom

Cause to come or go down

phrasal verb

Demolish a building.

Usage examples:

The house was pulled down and the site redeveloped

phrasal verb

Earn a specified sum of money.

Usage examples:

He was pulling down sixty grand a year

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Usage examples:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

verb

Violently break (something) into pieces.

Usage examples:

The thief smashed a window to get into the car

noun

An act or sound of something smashing.

Usage examples:

He heard the smash of glass

adverb

With a sudden, violent shattering.

Usage examples:

They were together for an instant, and then smash it was all gone

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

verb

To destroy or damage something, or to become destroyed or damaged

Usage examples:

[ t ] the oil spill spoiled five miles of coastline., [ t ] don’t tell me how it ends, you’ll spoil…

noun

A cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target.

Usage examples:

All aircraft dropped their bombs or torpedoes over the target, but on the return leg beaufort a9-21…

verb

Attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes.

Usage examples:

The liner was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine

noun

A bomb designed to travel under water which explodes when it hits something

Usage examples:

No one on the ship saw the torpedo coming, not even the men on watch., the ship was torpedoed by a …

noun

The destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.

Usage examples:

The survivors of the wreck

verb

Destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar).

Usage examples:

The blast wrecked 100 houses

verb

Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation