destroying

verb

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

(transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

(transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.

(transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.

(transitive, computing) To remove data.

(transitive) To put down or euthanize.

(transitive, bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.

(transitive, slang) To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.

(transitive, US, slang) To sing a song extremely poorly.

(transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

Roots

struostroy- · Latin · build

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Where does destroying come from?

The word destroying breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root stroy-, from Latin struo (“build”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.