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Definition of Destroy

Destroy

  1. 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.
  2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
  3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.

Destroy Quotations

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

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

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
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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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