Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.
Source: tatoeba (1903)
Destroy
//dɪˈstɹɔɪ//
Synonyms for "destroy" (406 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (82)
demolishannihilateeradicatekillruinwasteabolishabuseafflictaggrieveannulassaultatomizeattackbackbafflebalkbarbarizebatterbeat
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beat all hollowbeat hollowbefoulbereave of lifebestbewitchblastblightblotblowbotchbravebreakbreak downbreak upbring to ruinbrutalizebuggerbumpburnbutchercancel outcarry awaycarry offcarry onchallengecheckmatechloroformcircumventcondemnconfoundconfrontconfuteconsumecontradictcontravenecorruptcountercounteractcountermandcounterworkcripplecrosscrucifycrushcursecut downcut offdamage
Strong matches (121)
damndashdeal destructiondecapitatedecimatedefacedefeatdefiledefydenydepravedepredatedeprive of lifedesolatedespoildevastatedevitalizedevourdisabledisadvantage
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discomfitdisconcertdiscountenancediscreditdishdismantledispatchdisposedispose ofdisprovedisruptdisservedissolvedistressdisturbdo a mischiefdo away withdo evildo fordo illdo indo to deathdo wrongdo wrong bydoomdowndownstroydrubdynamiteeludeendenfeebleengorgeenvenomerodeexecuteexhaustexterminateextinguishextirpatefinishfinish offfixfloorflummoxfoilfrustrateget into troubleget the better ofgo ongobblegobble upgutgut with firehackhammerharassharmhavochexhidehors de combathurtimmolateimpairincinerateinfectinjureinterfere withjinxknock
Related words (203)
knock the chockslambastelatherlaunch into eternitylay in ruinslay wastelickliquidatelootlynchmake away withmaltreatmanglemarmartyrmartyrizemassacremaulmenacemess
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mishandlemistreatmolestmuckmugmurdermutilatenegateneutralizenip in the budnonplusnullifyoutclassoutdooutfightoutgeneraloutmaneuveroutpointoutrageoutrunoutsailoutshineoverrunoverthrowoverturnoverwhelmparalyzeperishperplexpersecutepillageplay havoc withplay hob withpoisonpolishpolluteprejudicepreypullpull downpulverizepuncturepurgeputput awayput downput to deathput to sleepqueerquenchrageramprampagerantraperavageraverazerebutrefuteremove from lifereverseriotroarrootroot outroutrub outrubbishrubbleruinatesabotagesacksacrificesapsavagescathescotchscrewsettleshattershipwreckshootshredskinskin aliveslaughterslaysmashsow chaosspikespoilstampstand in the waystarvestiflestonewallstopstormstumpsullyswallow upsweeptackletainttake lifetake offteartear aroundtear downterminateterrorizethrashthreatenthrow into disorderthwarttormenttorturetrampletrashtrimtriumphtriumph overtroubletrounceunbuildundermineundounleash destructionunleash the hurricaneunmakeupheaveupsetvandalizevaporizeviolatevitiateweakenwhipwipewipe outworstwoundwrackwreak havocwreak havoc onwreckwrong
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13 entriesdistinct from
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3 entrieshas prerequisite
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Translations
271 translations across 98 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒄢 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Aklanon
1 entries- guba' verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Albanian
1 entries- shkatërroj verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- διαφθείρω verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- καταφθείρω verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- φθείρω verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- ἀναιρέω verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Arabic
3 entries- خرب verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- دَمَّرَ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- روح verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Armenian
1 entries- ոչնչացնել verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dağıtmaq verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- məhv etmək verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Belarusian
4 entries- зні́шчыць verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- знішча́ць verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- зруйнава́ць verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- ні́шчыць verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Breton
1 entries- freuzañ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изтре́бвам verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- изтре́бя verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- изтри́вам verb ((computing) to remove data (e.g., from memory))
- изтри́я verb ((computing) to remove data (e.g., from memory))
Catalan
1 entries- destruir verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Cebuano
1 entries- guba verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Central Huishui Hmong
1 entries- kom puas rau verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 中和 verb (to neutralize)
- 人道毀滅 /人道毁灭 verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- 摧毀 /摧毁 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- 毀壞 /毁坏 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Choctaw
1 entries- nasholichi verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Czech
2 entries- ničit verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- zničit verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Danish
2 entries- aflive verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- ødelægge verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Dutch
4 entries- afmaken verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- kapot maken verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- kapot maken verb (to neutralize)
- laten inslapen verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
Egyptian
1 entries- s-sk-k-s-sk-k:nDs verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Esperanto
2 entries- detrui verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- ekstermi verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Estonian
1 entries- hävitama verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Evenki
1 entries- эвми verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Finnish
4 entries- hävittää verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- lopettaa verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- murskata verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
- tuhota verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
French
2 entries- détruire verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- euthanasier verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
Friulian
2 entries- distrugi verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- distruzi verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Galician
1 entries- destruír verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Georgian
4 entries- განადგურება verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- დანგრევა verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- დაქცევა verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- მოსპობა verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
German
4 entries- einschläfern verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- kaputtmachen verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- kaputtmachen verb (to neutralize)
- löschen verb ((computing) to remove data (e.g., from memory))
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Greek
2 entries- αφανίζω verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- καταστρέφω verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Hawaiian
1 entries- luku verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Hebrew
1 entries- הָרַס verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Higaonon
1 entries- naguba verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Hindi
3 entries- नष्ट करना verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- नाश करना verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- बर्बाद करना verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Hungarian
4 entries- elpusztít verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- megsemmisít verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- pusztít verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- szétrombol verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Icelandic
3 entries- eyðileggja verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- rústa verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- skemma verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Ido
1 entries- destruktar verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Irish
2 entries- loit verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- slad verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Italian
2 entries- annichilare verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- distruggere verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Japanese
4 entries- 壊す verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- 潰す verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- 破る verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- 破壊する verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Khmer
3 entries- កំទេច verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- បន្សាប verb (to neutralize)
- បំផ្លាញ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Kituba
1 entries- bebisa verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Korean
3 entries- 말살하다 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- 부수다 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- 파괴하다 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Kumyk
1 entries- дагъытмакъ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Lao
1 entries- ທໍາລາຍ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Latgalian
3 entries- iznycynuot verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- nycynuot verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- propuļdeit verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Latin
4 entries- abolefaciō verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- aboleō verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- auferō verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- dēleō verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Latvian
1 entries- iznīcināt verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sunaikinti verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Livonian
1 entries- nītsiņtõ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Macedonian
2 entries- уништи verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- уништува verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Malay
1 entries- musnah verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡝᡶᡠᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Middle English
3 entries- destroyen verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- merren verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- stroyen verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Middle French
3 entries- destruire verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- gaster verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- mehaignier verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Mirandese
2 entries- çtroçar verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- çtruir verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Mongolian
2 entries- суйтгэх verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- сүйтгэх verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Māori
4 entries- anea verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- hoepapa verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- hoepapa verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- kaiauru verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Nanai
1 entries- хэпули verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- hwangamiza verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Norman
1 entries- dêtruithe verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- têkşikandin verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ødelegge verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Old French
3 entries- destruire verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- gaster verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- mehaignier verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بوزمق verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- ییقمق verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Persian
4 entries- از بین بردن verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- تباه کردن verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- نابود کردن verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- کشتن verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
Phoenician
1 entries- 𐤀𐤁𐤃 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Polish
4 entries- miażdżyć verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
- niszczyć verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- rujnować verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- zmiażdżyć verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
Portuguese
4 entries- acabar com verb (to neutralize)
- arrasar verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
- arruinar verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- destroçar verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Romanian
2 entries- distruge verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- nimici verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Russian
4 entries- истреби́ть verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- истребля́ть verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- разру́шить verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- разруша́ть verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Sanskrit
1 entries- नाशयति verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Scots
1 entries- cannoch verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dì-làraich verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- uništávati verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- ùništiti verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- у̀ништити verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- уништа́вати verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Sicilian
2 entries- distrùjiri verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- rùmpiri verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Slovak
3 entries- ničiť verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- znehodnotiť verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- zničiť verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Slovene
2 entries- uničevati verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- uničiti verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Sotho
1 entries- a timetse verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Southern Altai
2 entries- јоголтор verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- јок эдер verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Spanish
4 entries- destrozar verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- destruir verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- escocherar verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- profligar verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒋗𒅆𒌨 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Swahili
1 entries- haribu verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Swedish
4 entries- avliva verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- förstöra verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- krossa verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
- mosa verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
Tagalog
2 entries- sirain verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- wasakin verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Tajik
1 entries- нест кардан verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Thai
4 entries- ฆ่า verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
- ชนะราบคาบ verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
- ชนะอย่างสิ้นเชิง verb ((informal) to utterly defeat)
- ทำการุณยฆาต verb (to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal))
Tocharian B
2 entries- kärst verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- näk verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Turkish
2 entries- mahvetmek verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- yok etmek verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎕𐎎𐎚 verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зни́щити verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- зни́щувати verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- зруйнува́ти verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- ни́щити verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Urdu
1 entries- برباد کرنا verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Uzbek
2 entries- yiqmoq verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- yoʻq qilmoq verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Vietnamese
3 entries- huỷ hoại verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- phá hoại verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
- phá huỷ verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Walloon
1 entries- distrure verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Welsh
1 entries- dinistrio verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Yiddish
1 entries- חרובֿ מאַכן verb (to damage beyond use or repair)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
We think nuclear weapons will destroy our earth.
Source: tatoeba (21725)
With respect to these documents, I think the best thing is to destroy them.
Source: tatoeba (55184)
Destroy this temple.
Source: tatoeba (58333)
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