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Destroy Destroyed Means Completely Destroying Verb Damage Ruined

word destroy
definition
verb
To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos.
No one was injured in the explosion, but the building was completely destroyed.
Even the most gifted can have confidence destroyed by the wrong instructor.
To destroy someone means to ruin their life or to make their situation impossible to bear.
If I was younger or more naive, the criticism would have destroyed me.
If an animal is destroyed, it is killed, either because it is ill or because it is dangerous .
Lindsay was unhurt but the horse had to be destroyed.
inflections destroysdestroyingdestroyed
cefr-level A2

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