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| destroy | |
| 1. anniento, distrùggere | |
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| destroy | |
| 1. v. To damage beyond use or repair. |  |
| The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To cause destruction. | |
| Hooligans destroy unprovoked. | |
| 3. v. To neutralize, undo a property or condition. | |
| Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate. | |
| 4. v. To put down or euthanize. | |
| Destroying a rabid dog is required by law. | |
| 5. v. To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. | |
| Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year. | |
| 6. v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly. | |
| 7. v. (computing, transitive) To remove data. | |
| The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists. | |
| 8. v. (US, colloquial slang) To sing a song poorly. | |
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