destroy
v.v. to damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed anymore.
v. to damage an object, structure, or system so severely that it ceases to exist or cannot be repaired.
The fire managed to destroy the entire building in minutes.
Heavy rains and strong winds threatened to destroy the crops just before the harvest began.
The general's strategy was not merely to defeat the opposing army but to destroy their infrastructure and supply lines entirely.
From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.
The storm was destroy the house.The storm destroyed the house.Learners often forget to use the past tense form 'destroyed' when describing completed events in the past.