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— English words —

• destroy v. (Transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
• destroy v. (Transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
• destroy v. (Transitive) To put down or euthanize.
• destroy v. (Transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
• destroy v. (Colloquial, transitive, hyperbolic) To defeat soundly.
• destroy v. (Computing, transitive) To remove data.
• destroy v. (US, colloquial, slang) To sing a song poorly.
• destroy v. (Bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.
• destroy v. (Slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

— English word, defined in German —

• destroy V. Zerstören.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• destroy w. Verwoesten, vernietigen.

— English word, defined in French —

• destroy v. Détruire.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• destroy v. Destruir.
• destroy v. Aniquilar, arruinar.
• destroy v. Sacrificar (un animal).

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• destroy v. Destruir.

— In French —

• destroy adj. (Argot) (Faux anglicisme) Fou, dérangé.

47 English words from 9 English definitions

aggressive and antiphrasis being beyond Bodybuilding build build␣up colloquial Computing condition damage data defeat disrupt down duly euthanize exhaust hyperbolic intransitive neutralize penetrate person poorly property put put␣down recreate remove repair ruin severely sexually sing slang song soundly the thus transitive undo use vulgar way well well␣being

4 English words from 8 foreign definitions

animal Argot Faux Fou

11 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

anglicisme Aniquilar arruinar dérangé Destruir Détruire Faux␣anglicisme Sacrificar vernietigen Verwoesten Zerstören

24 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

destroy'd destroys destroyal destroyed destroyer destroyin' destroyals destroyers destroyest destroyeth destroying destroyable destroyingly destroyability destroyed␣jeans destroyer␣escort destroyer␣leader destroying␣angel destroyer␣escorts destroyer␣leaders destroying␣angels Destroy␣Dick␣December destroyer␣minesweeper destroyer␣minesweepers

17 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

redestroys undestroys redestroyed undestroyed redestroying undestroying self-destroyer tank␣destroyer undestroyable nondestroyable self-destroyers soul-destroying tank␣destroyers commerce␣destroyer mealybug␣destroyer commerce␣destroyers mealybug␣destroyers

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

redestroy undestroy

29 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

des dEs Des DEs DES des- dest DEST dest. est Est EST -est est. Est. estr- -estr- estro estro- roy Roy ROY str STR str. stroy TRO troy Troy

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ort ORT orts ORTs rts RTs RTS RTSed sed SED tse Tse TSE yor

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

destory stroyed

11 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

despotry destroy'd destroys drystone dry-stone dry␣stone dry␣stove dystomer oystered stodgery storeyed

27 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Deroys Doreys Dorset Dorsey Doster doters dotery Droste dryest Dyster oyster Oyster oystre rodest Sderot sorted stored storey Storey strode Strode stryde torsed toyers Troyes tyroes Yoders

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

destroi

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