Verb
destruct -
destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
destruct ,
destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
destruct -
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
destroy
unmake ,
undo deprive of certain characteristics
kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
do away with ,
get rid of ,
extinguish ,
eliminate dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!" ; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
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 bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime" ; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
fracture fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
sweep away ,
wipe out overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away"
interdict destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
demolish ,
pulverise ,
pulverize defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
disassemble ,
break apart ,
dismantle ,
take apart ,
break up take apart into its constituent pieces
rase ,
raze ,
tear down ,
pull down ,
dismantle ,
take down ,
level reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues" ; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
eradicate ,
exterminate ,
root out ,
extirpate ,
uproot kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
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"
