Definition of Destroy

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Destroy

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.

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

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

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Destroy Quotations

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
Buddha

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
Tony Robbins

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Winston Churchill

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
Winston Churchill

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
Abraham Lincoln

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
Abraham Lincoln

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Abraham Lincoln

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Mohandas Gandhi

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
Mohandas Gandhi

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Destroy Translations

destroy in Dutch is vernietigen, verwoesten, vernielen
destroy in Latin is perdo, concido, diruo, iuguolo, eradico, casso
destroy in Portuguese is destrua
destroy in Spanish is derrotar, destruir

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