What means the word destroy

destroy
[dɪ’strɔɪ]

гл.

1) разрушать, рушить, сносить; ликвидировать; стирать с лица земли

to destroy by bombing — разбомбить

to destroy by fire — сжечь

The building was destroyed by fire. — Здание сгорело.

Syn:

Ant:

2) ломать, разбивать на части; портить

Syn:

3) истреблять, уничтожать; лишать жизни, убивать

to destroy oneself — покончить с собой

Those young bulls are the most difficult to destroy. — Этих молодых бычков труднее всего забивать.

Syn:

4) уничтожать, искоренять, ликвидировать

One tender word destroys a lover’s rage. (S. Centlivre) — Одно ласковое слово гасит ярость возлюбленного.

To wait would destroy the little chance we appeared to have. — Ожидание уничтожило бы тот ничтожный шанс, который, казалось, мы имели.

Syn:

5) противодействовать, нейтрализовать

The medicine has destroyed the malignity of the poison. — Этот антидот нейтрализовал токсическое действие яда.

6)

юр.

отменять, делать недействительным; нуллифицировать

Англо-русский современный словарь.
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  • destroy — [v] demolish, devastate abort, annihilate, annul, axe*, blot out, break down, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill …   New thesaurus

уничтожать, разрушать, истреблять, губить, крушить, ломать, громить, подрывать

глагол

- разрушать; разбивать

to destroy a building — разрушить /снести/ здание
to destroy an army — разбить армию

- разбивать, расстраивать

to destroy smb.’s hopes — разбить чьи-л. надежды
to destroy smb.’s plans — расстроить чьи-л. планы

- ломать, портить

to destroy a dress — разорвать /испортить/ платье
excesses destroy our powers of resistance to disease — излишества подрывают нашу способность сопротивляться болезням

- уничтожать; истреблять

to destroy a document [the rights] — уничтожить документ [права]
to destroy smb.’s love — убить чью-л. любовь
to destroy a reputation — погубить репутацию

- убивать

to destroy an injured horse — убить раненую лошадь
to destroy oneself — кончить жизнь самоубийством

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Словосочетания

to destroy by bombing — разбомбить  
to destroy by fire — сжечь  
to destroy a presumption — опровергнуть презумпцию  
to destroy refuse — сжигать мусор  
to destroy a process — уничтожить процесс  
to break up / destroy a friendship — порвать дружбу  
to destroy records — уничтожить записи  
to compromise / destroy / ruin / tarnish one’s reputation — подмочить, испортить свою репутацию  
destroy reputation — погубить репутацию  
destroy signal — сигнал на ликвидацию; сигнал на подрыв  

Примеры с переводом

The fire destroyed the house

Огонь уничтожил дом.

The building was destroyed by fire.

Здание было разрушено огнём.

Nothing can destroy the instinct to survive.

Ничто не может разрушить инстинкт выживания.

He started to destroy documents to cover his tracks.

Он начал уничтожать документы, чтобы замести свои следы.

One of the bulls had to be destroyed.

Одного из быков пришлось уничтожить.

Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases.

Лягушки едят насекомых-вредителей, которые уничтожают урожай и разносят болезни.

To wait would destroy the little chance we appeared to have.

Ожидание уничтожило бы тот ничтожный шанс, который, казалось, мы имели.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

…the murderer seemed possessed by a demoniac wish to destroy life…

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Возможные однокоренные слова

bomb-destroy  — бомбить, уничтожать бомбами
destroyer  — разрушитель, эсминец, истребитель, миноносец, эскадренный миноносец
destroyed  — разрушенный
destroying  — разрушающий, уничтожающий, разрушительный
destroyable  — могущий быть разрушенным, поддающийся разрушению, непрочный

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: destroy
he/she/it: destroys
ing ф. (present participle): destroying
2-я ф. (past tense): destroyed
3-я ф. (past participle): destroyed

transitive verb

1

: to ruin the structure, organic existence, or condition of

also

: to ruin as if by tearing to shreds

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

2

a

: to put out of existence : kill

b

: neutralize

the moon destroys the light of the stars

Synonyms

Example Sentences



Eventually our problems with money destroyed our marriage.



All the files were deliberately destroyed.



The disease destroys the body’s ability to fight off illness.



The bomb blast destroyed the village.



The dog had to be destroyed since its owner could not prevent it from attacking people.

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Wild parsnip, which is often found growing alongside poison hemlock, can react with the skin if touched, destroying epidermal cells and possibly leading to severe blistering.


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In the 12th century, Kurdish ruler al-Malek al-Aziz Othman ben Yusuf attempted to destroy one of the pyramids, but only successfully damaged the smallest, leaving a vertical gash on the north face.


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Around half of West’s 700 homes were damaged by the explosion, with 142 destroyed beyond repair.


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In comments to Reuters on Monday, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky said Russian airstrikes and artillery are destroying buildings and positions.


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More than a dozen places of worship have been looted, desecrated, or deliberately destroyed.


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The miracle of the resurrection is God’s message that love is, as Jesus taught, the very light of life, the hope for humanity, and that not even death can destroy or defeat it.


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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French destroy-, destrui-, stem of destrure, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, alteration of Latin destruere, from de- + struere to build — more at structure

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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destroy

demolish; ruin; annihilate; kill, slay; defeat completely: They will destroy the entire village.

Not to be confused with:

decimate – to destroy a great number or proportion of: Cholera decimated the city’s population; to select by lot and kill every tenth person

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de·stroy

 (dĭ-stroi′)

v. de·stroyed, de·stroy·ing, de·stroys

v.tr.

1. To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity: The fire destroyed the library. The tumor was destroyed with a laser.

2. To put an end to; eliminate: «In crowded populations, poverty destroys the possibility of cleanliness» (George Bernard Shaw).

3. To render useless or ruin: felt that an overemphasis on theory had destroyed the study of literature.

4. To put to death; kill: destroy a rabid dog.

5. To subdue or defeat completely; crush: The rebel forces were destroyed in battle.

6. To cause emotional trauma to; devastate: The divorce destroyed him.

v.intr.

To be destructive; cause destruction: «Too much money destroys as surely as too little» (John Simon).


[Middle English destroien, from Old French destruire, from Vulgar Latin *dēstrūgere, back-formation from Latin dēstrūctus, past participle of dēstruere, to destroy : dē-, de- + struere, to pile up; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: destroy, raze, demolish, ruin, wreck
These verbs mean to cause the complete ruin or wreckage of something or someone. Destroy, raze, and demolish can all imply reduction to ruins or even complete obliteration: «I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness» (Allen Ginsberg).«raze what was left of the city from the surface of the earth» (John Lothrop Motley).
The prosecutor demolished the opposition’s argument. Ruin usually implies irretrievable harm but not necessarily total destruction: «You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine» (Arthur Conan Doyle).
To wreck is to ruin in or as if in a violent collision: «The Boers had just wrecked a British military train» (Arnold Bennett).
When wreck is used in referring to the ruination of a person or of his or her hopes or reputation, it implies irreparable shattering: «Coleridge, poet and philosopher wrecked in a mist of opium» (Matthew Arnold).

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

destroy

(dɪˈstrɔɪ)

vb (mainly tr)

1. to ruin; spoil; render useless

2. to tear down or demolish; break up; raze

3. to put an end to; do away with; extinguish

4. to kill or annihilate

5. to crush, subdue, or defeat

6. (intr) to be destructive or cause destruction

[C13: from Old French destruire, from Latin dēstruere to pull down, from de- + struere to pile up, build]

deˈstroyable adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

de•stroy

(dɪˈstrɔɪ)

v.t.

1. to reduce (a thing) to useless fragments or a useless form, as by smashing or burning; injure beyond repair; demolish.

2. to put an end to; extinguish.

3. to kill; slay.

4. to render ineffective or useless; neutralize; invalidate.

5. to defeat completely.

v.i.

6. to engage in destruction.

[1175–1225; Middle English < Old French destruire]

de•stroy′a•ble, adj.

syn: destroy, demolish, raze imply completely ruining or doing away with something. To destroy is to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its powers so that restoration is impossible: Disease destroys tissues. To demolish is to destroy something organized or structured by smashing it to bits or tearing it down: The evidence demolished the attorney’s case. To raze is to level a building or other structure to the ground: to raze a fortress.

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destroy

spoilruin

1. ‘destroy’

If you destroy something, you cause so much damage to it that it can no longer be used or it no longer exists.

Several apartment buildings were destroyed by the fire.

I destroyed the letter as soon as I had read it.

2. ‘spoil’ and ‘ruin’

If someone or something prevents an experience from being enjoyable, don’t say that they ‘destroy’ the experience. You say that they spoil it or ruin it.

The evening had been spoiled by their argument.

The weather had completely ruined their day.

Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012

destroy

Past participle: destroyed
Gerund: destroying

Imperative
destroy
destroy
Present
I destroy
you destroy
he/she/it destroys
we destroy
you destroy
they destroy
Preterite
I destroyed
you destroyed
he/she/it destroyed
we destroyed
you destroyed
they destroyed
Present Continuous
I am destroying
you are destroying
he/she/it is destroying
we are destroying
you are destroying
they are destroying
Present Perfect
I have destroyed
you have destroyed
he/she/it has destroyed
we have destroyed
you have destroyed
they have destroyed
Past Continuous
I was destroying
you were destroying
he/she/it was destroying
we were destroying
you were destroying
they were destroying
Past Perfect
I had destroyed
you had destroyed
he/she/it had destroyed
we had destroyed
you had destroyed
they had destroyed
Future
I will destroy
you will destroy
he/she/it will destroy
we will destroy
you will destroy
they will destroy
Future Perfect
I will have destroyed
you will have destroyed
he/she/it will have destroyed
we will have destroyed
you will have destroyed
they will have destroyed
Future Continuous
I will be destroying
you will be destroying
he/she/it will be destroying
we will be destroying
you will be destroying
they will be destroying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been destroying
you have been destroying
he/she/it has been destroying
we have been destroying
you have been destroying
they have been destroying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been destroying
you will have been destroying
he/she/it will have been destroying
we will have been destroying
you will have been destroying
they will have been destroying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been destroying
you had been destroying
he/she/it had been destroying
we had been destroying
you had been destroying
they had been destroying
Conditional
I would destroy
you would destroy
he/she/it would destroy
we would destroy
you would destroy
they would destroy
Past Conditional
I would have destroyed
you would have destroyed
he/she/it would have destroyed
we would have destroyed
you would have destroyed
they would have destroyed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb 1. destroy — do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; «The fire destroyed the house»

destruct

kill — destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; «Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods»

do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish — terminate, end, or take out; «Let’s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics»; «Socialism extinguished these archaic customs»; «eliminate my debts»

unmake, undo — deprive of certain characteristics

self-destroy, self-destruct — do away with oneself or itself; «The machine will self-destruct if you tamper with it»

destruct — destroy (one’s own missile or rocket); «The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons»

end — put an end to; «The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived»

fracture — interrupt, break, or destroy; «fracture the balance of power»

sweep away, wipe out — eliminate completely and without a trace; «The old values have been wiped out»

interdict — destroy by firepower, such as an enemy’s line of communication

demolish, pulverise, pulverize — destroy completely; «the wrecking ball demolished the building»; «demolish your enemies»; «pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand»

break apart, disassemble, take apart, dismantle, break up — take apart into its constituent pieces

pull down, rase, raze, dismantle, tear down, level, take down — tear down so as to make flat with the ground; «The building was levelled»

extirpate, root out, uproot, eradicate, exterminate — destroy completely, as if down to the roots; «the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted» «root out corruption»

dilapidate — bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

demyelinate — destroy the myelin sheath of; «the disease demyelinated the nerve fibers»

2. destroy — destroy completely; damage irreparably; «You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!»; «The tears ruined her make-up»

ruin

burn, burn down, fire — destroy by fire; «They burned the house and his diaries»

devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, desolate, waste — cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; «The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion»

ravage, harry — make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

break — find a flaw in; «break an alibi»; «break down a proof»

bust, break — ruin completely; «He busted my radio!»

vandalise, vandalize — destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; «vandalize the park»

do a job on — destroy completely or make ugly or useless; «The dog did a job on my pillow»; «The seamstress did a job on my wedding gown»

subvert — destroy completely; «we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis»

get — overcome or destroy; «The ice storm got my hibiscus»; «the cat got the goldfish»

devour — destroy completely; «Fire had devoured our home»

despoil, plunder, violate, spoil — destroy and strip of its possession; «The soldiers raped the beautiful country»

explode — destroy by exploding; «The enemy exploded the bridge»

consume — destroy completely; «The fire consumed the building»

shipwreck — destroy a ship; «The vessel was shipwrecked»

bust up, wrack, wreck — smash or break forcefully; «The kid busted up the car»

kick down, kick in — open violently; «kick in the doors»

wash out — wear or destroy by the force of water; «The hail storms had washed out the bridges»

3. destroy — defeat soundly; «The home team demolished the visitors»

demolish

smash — overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful); «The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off»

swallow — engulf and destroy; «The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries»

cut to ribbons — defeat totally; «We must cut the other team to ribbons!»

defeat, get the better of, overcome — win a victory over; «You must overcome all difficulties»; «defeat your enemies»; «He overcame his shyness»; «He overcame his infirmity»; «Her anger got the better of her and she blew up»

4. destroy — put (an animal) to death; «The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid»; «the sick cat had to be put down»

put down

kill — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; «This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank»; «The farmer killed a pig for the holidays»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

destroy

verb

1. ruin, smash, crush, waste, devastate, break down, wreck, shatter, gut, wipe out, dispatch, dismantle, demolish, trash (slang), total (slang), ravage, slay, eradicate, torpedo, extinguish, desolate, annihilate, put paid to, raze, blow to bits, extirpate, blow sky-high The building was completely destroyed.

4. annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, erase, eradicate, extinguish, liquidate, root out, exterminate, nullify, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth They could destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.

5. defeat, beat, master, tank (slang), crush, overwhelm, conquer, overthrow, lick (informal), undo, subdue, rout, overpower, quell, trounce, clobber (slang), stuff (slang), vanquish, subjugate, run rings around (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), make mincemeat of (informal), pip at the post, outplay, blow out of the water (slang) The team destroyed their opponents in a one-sided game.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

destroy

verb

1. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:

bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack, wreck.

2. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:

3. To cause the death of:

4. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:

5. To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of:

The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

دمريُدَمِّرُيُدَمِّر، يُخَرِّب، يُحَطِّميَقْتُل

zničitničitzabít

ødelæggeaflivegøre det af medtilintetgøre

tuhotahävittäälopettaamurskata

uništiti

megsemmisítpusztít

eyîa, drepaeyîileggja

破壊する打ち壊す滅ぼす

파괴하다

eskadrinis minininkasnaikintisugriauti

iznīcinātizpostītsagraut

uničiti

förstörakrossamosanödslaktaspöa

ทำลาย

phá hủy

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

destroy

[dɪˈstrɔɪ] vt

(= smash) [+ building, weapons] → détruire

(= ruin) [+ economy, system, career, life] → détruire; [+ person] → anéantir

(= put an end to) [+ faith, confidence] → détruire

(= put down) [+ animal] → abattre

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

destroy

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

destroy

(diˈstroi) verb

1. to put an end to or make useless; to ruin. Vandals destroyed the painting.

2. to kill (animals). This poison destroys rats.

deˈstroyer noun

a type of small fast warship. naval destroyers.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

destroy

يُدَمِّرُ ničit ødelægge zerstören καταστρέφω destruir tuhota détruire uništiti distruggere 破壊する 파괴하다 verwoesten ødelegge zniszczyć destruir уничтожать förstöra ทำลาย yok etmek phá hủy 破坏

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

destroy

vt. destruir, aniquilar; arruinar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

destroy — перевод на русский

/dɪsˈtrɔɪ/

And I think that John Mayer is very likely to destroy evidence.

Также Джон Майер может уничтожить доказательства.

It has a talisman pattern carved which can destroy souls.

который может уничтожить душу.

Why do you wish to destroy me?

Почему ты хочешь уничтожить меня?

— You are asking to destroy all—

— Предлагаешь всё это уничтожить?

— You must destroy the formula. — I’ve done that.

Вы должны уничтожить формулу.

Показать ещё примеры для «уничтожить»…

YOUR GARDEN HAS BEEN DESTROYED, SIR.

Ваш сад уничтожен, сэр.

«The transmitter was destroyed.

Передатчик был уничтожен.

The beast must be destroyed!

Этот зверь должен быть уничтожен!

You may be certain that tsarism will be destroyed.

Царизм будет уничтожен, можете быть уверены .

I only know one thing. He must be destroyed.

Я знаю лишь одно: он должен быть уничтожен.

Показать ещё примеры для «уничтожен»…

He was already thinking about it on the train. -Shh! Do you think we only came here to destroy your dream?

Вы думаете, мы тут только затем, чтобы разрушить ваши воздушные замки?

I had to come along and destroy it.

А я должен был всё разрушить.

You seek to destroy that memory.

А вы стремитесь разрушить эту память.

A man whose feelings are rejected in such an offending way could go as far as to destroy the happiness of others.

Я могу себе представить, что отвергнутый мужчина мог бы испытать порыв разрушить счастье других.

And you have accused ME of trying to destroy their marriage?

— И вы меня обвиняете в том, что я хотел разрушить их брак? ..

Показать ещё примеры для «разрушить»…

It would be a pity to destroy such a lovely flower.

Жаль уничтожать такой очаровательный цветок.

If we could plant while we destroy…

Если бы мы могли сеять, а не уничтожать.

Why do they have to destroy a man twice?

Зачем дважды уничтожать человека?

To plunder and destroy?

Грабить и уничтожать?

But, Tor, surely it doesn’t all have to be destroyed.

Но, Тор, конечно не обязательно всё уничтожать.

Показать ещё примеры для «уничтожать»…

— Una que de pegas destroyed us.

Город разрушен. Весь гарнизон убит.

— The garrison is destroyed!

— Гарнизон разрушен.

«Railroad bridge destroyed 30 miles away.»

«Разрушен железнодорожный мост.»

«The Temple of Hakusan has been destroyed by fire, and its lands are, consequently, confiscated by the Provincial Government.»

Поскольку храм Хакусан разрушен в результате пожара, угодья храма изымаются и переходят в пользование управления провинции.

That plane was completely destroyed. And all five men on board seem to have completely disappeared from the face of the Earth.

Самолёт был полностью разрушен и все пятеро человек на борту пропали с лица Земли.

Показать ещё примеры для «разрушен»…

You only destroy. That is your love.

Ты можешь только разрушать, это ты любишь.

Was it worth destroying so many people for nickels and dimes?

Стоило ли разрушать стольким людям жизни из-за денег?

Destroying is better than creating when we’re not creating those few, truly necessary things.

Разрушать легче, чем создавать. Если только мы не создаем те немногие действительно настоящие вещи.

But why destroy without any apparent thought or reason?

Но зачем разрушать без всякой на то причины?

Показать ещё примеры для «разрушать»…

Destroying the governor’s signpost is crime enough.

Уничтожение указа губернатора — достаточное преступление.

And we all know who will get the credit for destroying the village, don’t we?

И мы все знаем на кого падет вина за уничтожение деревни, Так ведь?

-And the ship refused to destroy itself.

И корабль отверг своё уничтожение.

At exactly launch plus eight hours inertial guidance system: destroy.

При достижении отсчёта от старта ровно 8 часов начать процедуру — УНИЧТОЖЕНИЕ.

STEVEN: «Destroy Viking fleet, Norman landing, «Battle of Hastings, meet King Harold»?

«Уничтожение флота викингов, высадка норманцев, битва при Хастинпсе, встреча с королём Гарольдом»?

Показать ещё примеры для «уничтожение»…

You’re trying to destroy my love because they wish it.

Вы пытаетесь убить мою любовь, потому что они этого хотят.

Yes, yes. She came out of the darkness. She must be destroyed.

Да, да она вышла из тьмы её надо убить…

Then how can we, mere flesh and blood, destroy them?

Тогда как можем мы, существа из плоти и крови, убить их?

Now, he has to be destroyed before it’s too late.

Его нужно убить сейчас, пока ещё не поздно.

And guns which can destroy you.

И оружие, которое может убить вас.

Показать ещё примеры для «убить»…

Winter storms can destroy the work of a whole year.

Зимние штормы могут погубить работу всего года.

I hate you so much that I would destroy myself to take you down with me.

Я ненавижу тебя так сильно, что готова погубить себя, лишь бы утянуть тебя за собой.

But you’d be destroying your life, your great projects. I remember that you told me:

Но, тогда ты должен погубить свою жизнь, отказаться от всех надежд.

Do you want to destroy me?

Погубить меня хочешь?

That you could destroy yourself, your career.

Так ты можешь погубить себя, свою карьеру.

Показать ещё примеры для «погубить»…

You save yourself, she is destroyed.

Но она погибла! А-а… я вижу, ты боишься этого…

And the third part of those creatures died which had life in the sea and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

и умерла третья часть одушевленных тварей, живущих в море и третья часть судов погибла.

Another village destroyed.

Еще деревня погибла.

By morning my people will be destroyed.

К утру все мои люди погибнут.

Obviously, if all plant life is destroyed, the humanoid life will follow.

Если растения погибнут, люди последуют за ними.

Показать ещё примеры для «погибла»…

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read destroy size=`stat $destroy | grep Size | awk ‘print $2’` ❋ Unknown (2007)

“For Argos, we could have gone to places with real walls and so on, but the problem was I wanted massive destruction, and the best way to destroy is to build,” says Leterrier. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It would also eliminate the word «destroy» when used to refer to the humane euthanasia of a sick, injured or suffering animal. ❋ By Christie Keith (2011)

Improving that which you intend to destroy is counterproductive and wastes resources. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also, the depression only ended when Congress slashed spending by 2/3 between 1945 and 1947 and FDR was dead, unable to again destroy prosperity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What took years to destroy is not going to be fixed in 200 days. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Can there be any better entertainment than to see Sarah Palin destroy her credibility, day after day, after day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We need only sit back and watch Griffin destroy himself — his fragile mental state was ably demonstrated by his ‘hanging’ pronouncement yesterday, trumpeted with a fanfare and withdrawn within hours. ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

A powerless Hei engages in a fight with Shizume who reveals that the “Izanami” Hei was asked to destroy is actually Yin, which both surprises and baffles Hei. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 2110, terrorists from Autumn Rain destroy the Phoenix space elevator and set the world superpowers on a collision course for all out war. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For example, destroy is routine but pulverize is hilarious. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Stay out of the mud Obama and let McCain destroy himself. tom, boston ❋ Unknown (2008)

There could be nothing more revealing for the General Public, and humiliating for the profiteering arms industry, than to have Putin destroy a “state of the art” ABM system (with a few missiles) on the first attempt. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I refuse to sit back on my butt and let someone like Insane McCain destroy this country more than Bush. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Putting people into positions *only* because of their gender or race will, in the short term, increase the number of female/BME people “at the top” but in the long term destroy equality and create vested interests. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Will free wireless Internet phone calls destroy Ma Bell and the cell phone business? ❋ Natalie Pace (2006)

Yet men grasped at once the opportunity it offered to kill and destroy from the skies. ❋ Unknown (1952)

I [destroyed] that test! [President’s] List, [here I come]!! ❋ A (2002)

1. I’ll destroy you tonight, [dear].
2. Did you [give her one] last night? Yes, I completely [destroyed] her. ❋ Neil99 (2006)

[The Undertaker] could destroy [HHH] ❋ Gumba Gumba (2004)

[I am] destroying a [pack] of [twinkies]. ❋ Chiefola (2005)

I will destroy [your soul], with my vegence stick(used during [Halo 2] with sword)
I totally destroyed that [whiny] emo. ❋ Reaperofsorts (2006)

Friend: «What’s wrong?»
Friend at computer: «[My computer’s] being TOO [F-ING] SLOW!!!»
Friend: «Why don’t you walk away?»
Friend at computer: «BECAUSE IT’S TOO F-ING SLOW!!!»
Friend: «???»
Friend at computer: «[I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE]!!! ARGH!!!»
Friend: «Dude, calm down.»
Friend at computer: (looking insane)»Must… destroy… AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!»
*throw heavy magnet at monitor in frustration, then kicks that crap out of the computer box* ❋ Jillybean-Jellybean (2009)

I [totally] [rocked] that [test]! ❋ MoonKnight (2002)

Damn man — handle your [destruction]!
I can’t man — I’ve [partook] in too much destruction this evening and don’t even know [my own] fucking name! ❋ Rump (2004)

«Dude, [those guys] weren’t even a [challenge]. We played three games and I destroyed them in every single one. It was [massacre].» ❋ SJCrew (2012)

«I fucking [destroyed] that test.»
«I’m so [hungry]. I’m going to [destroy] that pizza so hard when we get home.» ❋ ChillyCheeseDog (2009)

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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

de•stroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/USA pronunciation  
v. [ + obj]

  1. to ruin (a thing) by demolishing;
    injure beyond repair:Fire destroyed several stores in the area.
  2. to put an end to:They destroyed communism from within.
  3. to kill;
    slay:had to destroy the injured animal.
  4. to defeat completely;
    ruin;
    wreck:I felt destroyed by the thought that she no longer needed me.

See -stru-.

    destroy is a verb, destructive is an adjective, destruction is a noun:The bombs destroyed the factory. The bombs were very destructive. The destruction caused by the bombs was tremendous.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

de•stroy 
(di stroi),USA pronunciation v.t. 

  1. to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving;
    injure beyond repair or renewal;
    demolish;
    ruin;
    annihilate.
  2. to put an end to;
    extinguish.
  3. to kill;
    slay.
  4. to render ineffective or useless;
    nullify;
    neutralize;
    invalidate.
  5. to defeat completely.

v.i.

  1. to engage in destruction.
  • Vulgar Latin *dēstrūgere, for Latin dēstruere (dē- de— + struere to pick up, build)
  • Old French destruire
  • Middle English destroyen 1175–1225

de•stroya•ble, adj. 

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged smash, level, waste, ravage, devastate.
      Destroy, demolish, raze imply reducing a thing to uselessness. To destroy is to reduce something to nothingness or to take away its powers and functions so that restoration is impossible:Fire destroys a building. Disease destroys tissues.To demolish is to destroy something organized or structured:to demolish a machine.To raze is to level down to the ground:to raze a fortress.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extirpate, annihilate, uproot.


    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged create.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ vb (mainly tr)

  1. to ruin; spoil; render useless
  2. to tear down or demolish; break up; raze
  3. to put an end to; do away with; extinguish
  4. to kill or annihilate
  5. to crush, subdue, or defeat
  6. (intransitive) to be destructive or cause destruction

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French destruire, from Latin dēstruere to pull down, from de- + struere to pile up, build

destroy‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

a world it believed was seeking to destroy it
Anger infused him, a yearning to destroy something
break/ruin/destroy/ the trust
can destroy as easily as it loves
Characteristically, however, he would destroy a great deal of his juvenalia, the continued existence
could destroy crops …, causing a famine.»
damage/ruin/destroy reputation
decimate/destroy a lot
deliberately destroy the garden
Den dey ghy stroy (then they will destroy)
destroy
destroy an exam
destroy life
«destroy» or «ruin»
destroy our parks by fire
destroy some files
Destroy the building?
destroy the city
destroy <the fabric of his daily existence>
destroy the image of judicial system in people’s minds
destroy VS ruin
destroy your bloodline
destroy your health and mess up your life
destroy/lead waste to efforts
destroy/ruin
destroy/ruin
destroy/spoil/ruin my shoes
didn’t destroy him
Difference among Destroy, obliterate,eradicate, annihilate
difference: damage, destroy, ruin, injure
more…

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