Stroy

//stɹɔɪ// verb

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Verb

1
To destroy. obsolete
"How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back what I have left behind Stroy'd in dishonour"

Example

"How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back what I have left behind Stroy'd in dishonour"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stroyen, an apheretic form of destroyen (modern English destroy).

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