英语词汇“destroy”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	destroy
例句	destroydestroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ verb ► destroy to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be fixed: The hotel was destroyed by fire. The explosion destroyed the building. ► demolish to completely destroy a building or part of a building, often deliberately so that you can build something new: They demolished the old houses and built an apartment building there. ► tear down also knock down to deliberately destroy a building or part of a building. Tear down and knock down are more informal than demolish: We decided to tear down the wall so that we could make the kitchen bigger. ► wreck wreck is similar in meaning to destroy, but it is less formal, and you use it especially about vehicles: He wrecked the car in a high-speed crash. ► devastate to cause serious damage to a large area and destroy many things in it: The earthquake devastated the city. ► wipe out (informal) to destroy all of a group of people or things: The flood wiped out the whole village. ► level to destroy everything in an area so that nothing is standing above the ground: Enemy planes dropped bombs that leveled a large part of the town. ANTONYMS ➔ see create ➔ see damage2
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