destroy

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to make someone's life or happiness very bad.

v. to severely disrupt or ruin the well-being, reputation, or emotional state of a person.

日本語:壊す※

“The scandal destroyed his career as a politician.”

“Losing her business in the recession destroyed her confidence, making it hard for her to start over in a new industry.”

B1 · Intermediate Informal

v. to win against someone very easily or by a large score.

v. to utterly defeat or crush an opponent in a competition or argument.

“Our team destroyed the visitors with a five-zero win.”

“The champion destroyed his challenger in the first round, proving that he was still the most dominant athlete in the league.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Computing Technical

v. to remove information from a computer or disk forever.

v. to permanently remove or overwrite data so that it cannot be recovered.

“Make sure you destroy all personal files before selling your old laptop.”

“The security protocol was designed to destroy all sensitive data on the server if an unauthorised login attempt was detected.”

C1 · Advanced Formal

v. to kill an animal because it is very sick or dangerous.

v. to put down or euthanize an animal, typically for safety or welfare reasons.

“The vet had to destroy the horse after it broke its leg in the race.”

“Authorities were forced to destroy the stray dogs after several reports of aggressive behaviour toward local residents.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Cooking Slang

v. to eat a large amount of food very fast.

v. to consume food rapidly and completely.

“The teenagers destroyed three large pizzas in ten minutes.”

“After the long hike, the group destroyed the entire buffet, leaving almost nothing for the other guests.”