destroy
verb/dɪˈstrɔɪ/
Frequency rank: #2,013 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
To damage something so badly that it no longer exists or works.
Example sentence
The storm threatened to destroy the entire village.
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