intransitive verb. To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity:

intransitive verb. To put an end to; eliminate.

intransitive verb. To render useless or ruin.

intransitive verb. To put to death; kill.

intransitive verb. To subdue or defeat completely; crush.

intransitive verb. To cause emotional trauma to; devastate.

intransitive verb. To be destructive; cause destruction.

To pull down; unbuild (that which has been built or constructed); demolish: as, to destroy a building or a fortification; to destroy a city.

To overthrow; lay waste; ruin; make desolate.

To kill; slay; extirpate: applied to men or animals.

To bring to naught; put an end to; annihilate; obliterate entirely; cause to cease, or to cease to be: as, to destroy one's happiness or peace of mind by worry.

To counteract or render of no avail; take away, detract from, or vitiate the power, force, value, use, or beauty of; ruin; spoil: as, to destroy a person's influence.

To refute; disprove.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.

transitive verb. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.

verb. To damage beyond use or repair.

verb. To cause destruction.

verb. To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

verb. To put down or euthanize.

verb. To defeat soundly.

verb. To remove data.

verb. destroy completely; damage irreparably

verb. put (an animal) to death

verb. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

verb. defeat soundly

"read destroy size=`stat $destroy | grep Size | awk 'print $2'`"

make  repair  restore  

abolish  annihilate  counteract  demolish  destroying angels  

destruct  destructible  destruction  destructive  

destroyer  destroyer escort  destroying angel  

kill  

break  burn  burn down  bust  bust-up  

Elroy  Floy  Goy  Illinois  Joy  

Lyndon  areolar  asmimàna  attitudinizing  coastwise  

abolish  abuse  afflict  aggrieve  annihilate  

destroyed  destroying  destroys