destroy

1. (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.Examples: "The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes."; "Hooligans destroy unprovoked."; "Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Destroy this temple, and in three dayes I will raise it vp."ambitransitive

2. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.Examples: "Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate."transitive

3. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.Examples: "Destroying a rabid dog is required by law."transitive

4. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.Examples: "Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year."; "Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation."transitive

5. (transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.Examples: "Remember when Germany destroyed Brazil 7–1 in the World Cup?"; "Growing up, [Kevin] Durant told me, he was a sore loser. That all changed one day when he was 11, after he got destroyed by his father in a game of one on one in the driveway."informaltransitive

6. (transitive, computing) To remove data.Examples: "The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists."transitive