English-Thai Dictionary

destroy

VI ทำลาย  ทลาย  พัง  ล้มล้าง  ทำลายล้าง  annihilate demolish tam-lai

 

destroy

VT ฆ่า  สังหาร  คร่าชีวิต  murder slay slaughter kar

 

destroy

VT ทำลาย  ผลาญ  ทำให้ พัง  ทำให้ สิ้นซาก  annihilate demolish ruin tam-lai

 

destroyable

A ที่ ทำลาย ลง ได้ 

 

destroyer

N ผู้ทำลาย  ผู้ สังหาร  ผู้ฆ่า  demolisher nihilist phu-tam-lai

 

destroyer

N เรือ พิฆาต เล็ก  เรือรบ ทำลาย  ruea-pi-khad-lek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESTROY

v.t.[L. To pile, to build. ] 1. To demolish; to pull down; to separate the parts of an edifice, the union of which is necessary to constitute the thing; as, to destroy a house or temple; to destroy a fortification.
2. To ruin; to annihilate a thing by demolishing or by burning; as, to destroy a city.
3. To ruin; to bring to naught; to annihilate; as, to destroy a theory or scheme; to destroy a government; to destroy influence.
4. To lay waste; to make desolate.
Go up against this land, and destroy it. Isaiah 36:1 .
5. To kill; to slay; to extirpate; applied to men or other animals.
Ye shall destroy all this people. Numbers 32:15.
All the wicked will he destroy. Psalm 145:2 .
6. To take away; to cause to cease; to put an end to; as, pain destroys happiness.
That the body of sin might be destroyed. Romans 6:6.
7. To kill; to eat; to devour; to consume. Birds destroy insects. Hawks destroy chickens.
8. In general, to put an end to; to annihilate a thing or the form in which it exists. An army is destroyed by slaughter, capture or dispersion; a forest, by the ax, or by fire; towns, by fire or inundation, etc.
9. In chimistry, to resolve a body into its parts or elements.

 

DESTROYABLE

a.That may be destroyed. Plants scarcely destroyable by the weather.

 

DESTROYED

pp. Demolished; pulled down; ruined; annihilated; devoured; swept away; etc.

 

DESTROYER

n.One who destroys, or lays waste; one who kills a man, or an animal, or who ruins a country, cities, etc.

 

DESTROYING

ppr. Demolishing; laying waste; killing; annihilating; putting an end to.

 

DESTROYING

n.Destruction.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESTROY

De *stroy ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destroyed; p. pr. & vb. n.Destroying. ] Etym: [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien, OF. destruire, F. détruire, fr. L. destruere, destructum; de + struere to pile up, build. See Structure. ]

 

1. To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish. But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. Ex. xxxiv. 13.

 

2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume. I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation. Jer. xii. 17.

 

3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill. If him by force he can destroy, or, worse, By some false guile pervert. Milton.

 

Syn. -- To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle; ruin; throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate; deface; extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See Demolish.

 

DESTROYABLE

DESTROYABLE De *stroy "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Destructible. [R.] Plants... scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham.

 

DESTROYER

De *stroy "er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. destruior.]

 

Defn: One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

destroy

de stroy |diˈstroi dəˈstrɔɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] put an end to the existence of (something ) by damaging or attacking it: the room had been destroyed by fire. • ruin (someone ) emotionally or spiritually: he has been determined to destroy her. • defeat (someone ) utterly: the Tigers destroyed the Padres in five games. • (usu. be destroyed ) kill (a sick, savage, or unwanted animal ) by humane means: their terrier was destroyed after the attack. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French destruire, based on Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal ) + struere ‘build. ’

 

destroyer

de stroy er |diˈstroiər dəˈstrɔɪər | ▶noun a small, fast warship, esp. one equipped for a defensive role against submarines and aircraft. • someone or something that destroys: the greatest destroyer of love and peace.

 

destroying angel

de stroy ing an gel ▶noun a deadly poisonous white toadstool that grows in woodlands and is native to both Eurasia and North America. [Amanita virosa, family Amanitaceae, class Hymenomycetes. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

destroy

des |troy |dɪˈstrɔɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] end the existence of (something ) by damaging or attacking it: the room had been destroyed by fire. • ruin (someone ) emotionally or spiritually: he has been determined to destroy her. • defeat (someone ) utterly: Northants have the batting to destroy anyone. • kill (a sick, savage, or unwanted animal ) by humane means: their terrier was destroyed after the attack. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French destruire, based on Latin destruere, from de- (expressing reversal ) + struere ‘build ’.

 

destroyer

des |troy ¦er |dɪˈstrɔɪə | ▶noun 1 a small, fast warship, especially one equipped for a defensive role against submarines and aircraft. 2 a person or thing that destroys something: CFCs are the chief destroyers of the ozone layer.

 

destroying angel

des ¦troy |ing angel ▶noun a deadly poisonous white toadstool which grows in woodland, native to Eurasia and North America. ●Amanita virosa, family Amanitaceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

destroy

destroy verb 1 their offices were destroyed by bombing: demolish, knock down, level, raze (to the ground ), fell; wreck, ruin, shatter; blast, blow up, dynamite, explode, bomb. ANTONYMS build, reconstruct. 2 the new highway would destroy the conservation area: spoil, ruin, wreck, disfigure, blight, mar, impair, deface, scar, injure, harm, devastate, damage, wreak havoc on; informal total. ANTONYMS restore, preserve. 3 illness destroyed his career: wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, put an end to, put a stop to, terminate, frustrate, blight, crush, quash, dash, scotch; devastate, demolish, scuttle, sabotage; informal mess up, foul up, put the kibosh on, fry, do for, blow a hole in; archaic bring to naught. ANTONYMS bolster, help. 4 the horse had to be destroyed: kill, put down, put to sleep, slaughter, terminate, exterminate, euthanize. 5 we will destroy the enemy: annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, finish off, erase; kill, slaughter, massacre, exterminate; informal take out, rub out, snuff out, waste, fry, nuke, zap. ANTONYMS spare. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD destroy, annihilate, demolish, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, raze If you're interested in getting rid of something, you've got a number of options at your disposal. Destroy is a general term covering any force that wrecks, ruins, kills, etc. (to destroy an ant hill by pouring boiling water on it ). If it's a building, you'll want to demolish or raze it, two words that are generally applied only to very large things. Raze is used almost exclusively with structures; it means to bring something down to the level of the ground (they razed the apartment building to make way for the new hospital ). Demolish implies pulling or smashing something to pieces; when used with regard to buildings, it conjures up a vision of complete wreckage and often a heap of rubble (their new house was demolished by the first hurricane of the season ). But unlike raze, demolish can also be applied to nonmaterial things (to demolish the theory with a few simple experiments ). If you eradicate something, you eliminate it completely, literally or figuratively, pull it out by the roots (to eradicate smallpox with a vaccine ) and prevent its reappearance. Extirpate, like eradicate, implies the utter destruction of something (the species was extirpated from the park by the flooding ). If you're dealing with cockroaches, you'll probably want to exterminate them, which means to wipe out or kill in great numbers. Or better yet, you'll want to annihilate them, which is the most extreme word in this group and literally means to reduce to nothingness. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

destroy

destroy verb 1 their offices were completely destroyed by bombing: demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, level, raze (to the ground ), fell, dismantle, break up, wreck, ruin, smash, shatter, crash, blast, blow up, blow to bits /pieces, dynamite, explode, bomb, torpedo. ANTONYMS build; reconstruct. 2 the increased traffic would destroy the adjoining conservation area: spoil, ruin, wreck, disfigure, blight, mar, blemish, impair, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm, devastate, damage, lay waste, ravage, wreak havoc on; literary waste; rare disfeature. ANTONYMS preserve; restore. 3 his illness destroyed his hopes of going to university: wreck, ruin, spoil, disrupt, undo, upset, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to, end, bring to an end, put a stop to, terminate, prevent, frustrate, blight, crush, quell, quash, dash, scotch, shatter, vitiate, blast, devastate, demolish, sabotage, torpedo; upset someone's apple cart, cook someone's goose; informal mess up, muck up, screw up, louse up, foul up, make a hash of, do in, put paid to, put the lid on, put the kibosh on, do for, scupper, dish, stymie, queer, nix, banjax, blow a hole in; Brit. informal throw a spanner in the works of, muller; N. Amer. informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of; Austral. informal euchre, cruel; vulgar slang bugger up, fuck up, balls up; archaic bring to naught. ANTONYMS raise. 4 the horse broke its leg and had to be destroyed: kill, kill off, put down, put to sleep, slaughter, terminate, exterminate. 5 the brigade's mission was to destroy the enemy: annihilate, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, extinguish, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate; kill, slaughter, massacre, butcher, exterminate, decimate; informal take out, rub out, snuff out, zap; N. Amer. informal waste. ANTONYMS spare. 6 Rangers last night destroyed Leeds 4 –0: defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, vanquish, drub, trounce, rout, crush, give someone a drubbing, overwhelm; informal lick, thrash, hammer, clobber, paste, give someone a pasting, whip, pound, pulverize, demolish, wipe the floor with, take to the cleaners, make mincemeat of, slaughter, murder, massacre, crucify, flatten, turn inside out, run rings around; Brit. informal stuff, marmalize; N. Amer. informal shellac, blow out, cream, skunk. ANTONYMS lose to.

 

French Dictionary

destroyer

destroyer n. m. nom masculin Contre-torpilleur.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

destroy

de stroy /dɪstrɔ́ɪ /〖「de (打ち消し ) stroy (積み上げる )」＞「取り壊す 」〗(名 )destruction, (形 )destructive 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈建造物 町 森林など 〉を破壊する , 壊す ; …を滅ぼす (↔construct ; →ruin 類義 )▸ The town was completely destroyed by fire [a bomb ].その町は火災 [爆弾 ]で完全に破壊された 2 〈人 〉を破滅させる ; 〈関係 経歴など 〉を台なしにする ; 〈自信 希望など 〉を打ち砕く, くじく ▸ destroy the relationship [family ties ]人間関係 [家族の絆 （きずな ）]を崩す ▸ destroy her career [reputation ]彼女の経歴 [評判 ]を台なしにする ▸ Drugs destroyed him .麻薬で彼はぼろぼろになった 3 ｟くだけて ｠(徹底的に )〈敵 〉をやっつける ▸ The Tigers destroyed the Giants 10 --0 .タイガースが10対0でジャイアンツを打ち負かした 4 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈主に動物など 〉が殺される, 処分される (!特に病気 危険性を持っていることで ) ▸ The sick cows were destroyed .病気の牛が処分された 5 〈文書など 〉を破棄する, 破り捨てる ▸ destroy the evidence 証拠を抹消する

 

destroyer

de str ó y er 名詞 C 1 駆逐艦 .2 破壊者, 破壊するもの .～̀ é scort 護衛駆逐艦 .