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English verb: destruct | |||
| 1. | destruct (creation) destroy (one's own missile or rocket) | ||
| Samples | The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
| 2. | destruct (creation) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | ||
| Samples | The fire destroyed the house. | ||
| Synonyms | destroy | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undo, unmake | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break apart, break up, demolish, demyelinate, destruct, dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, dismantle, do away with, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fracture, get rid of, interdict, kill, level, pull down, pulverise, pulverize, rase, raze, root out, self-destroy, self-destruct, sweep away, take apart, take down, tear down, uproot, wipe out | ||
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