destroy (v)
destruct (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 36
def do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
examples The fire destroyed the house
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
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Hypernym unmake, undo
Derivationally related form destroy → destructible; destroy → destructive; destroy → destruction; destroy → destroyer; destroy → destroyer
Hyponym kill; extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with; self-destruct, self-destroy; destruct; end; fracture; wipe out, sweep away; interdict; demolish, pulverize, pulverise; disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart; level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down; uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate; dilapidate; demyelinate
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Derivationally related form destructive → destroy; destructible → destroy; destruction → destroy; destroyer → destroy; destroyer → destroy
Hypernym kill; extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with; self-destruct, self-destroy; destruct; end; fracture; wipe out, sweep away; interdict; demolish, pulverize, pulverise; disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart; level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down; uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate; dilapidate; demyelinate
Hyponym unmake, undo

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