destruct
VerbUS[dih-struhkt]/dɪˈstrʌkt/2 syllables
Synonyms:
destroy
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Verb (2)
- destroy (one's own missile or rocket)“The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons”More general destroy
- do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of“The fire destroyed the house”Synonyms: destroyMore general unmake, undoMore specific extinguish, level, demolish, uproot, wipe out, disassemble, fracture, end, self-destruct, dilapidate +3 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·struct′ transitive verb
Origin: L. destructus, p. p. of destruere. See Destroy.
To destroy. obsolete Joseph Mede
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54