destroy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈstrɔɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈstrɔɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di stroi′)

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
destroy [sth]⇒ vtr (demolish physically)destruir⇒ vtr
 The earthquake destroyed all the buildings on this block.
 El terremoto destruyó todas las viviendas de este bloque.
destroy [sth] vtr (ruin, spoil)destruir⇒ vtr
  (reducir a trozos)destrozar⇒ vtr
  (fuego, temblores, maquinaria)arrasar⇒ vtr
 It destroyed any idea he had of going to college.
 Destruyó todas sus intenciones de ir a la universidad.
destroy [sth] vtr (confidence, reputation: wreck)acabar con vi + prep
  arrasar con vi + prep
  destruir⇒ vtr
 The scandal destroyed the politician's reputation.
 El escándalo acabó con la reputación del político.
destroy [sth] vtr (animal: euthanize) (animal)sacrificar⇒ vtr
 Their dog was destroyed by a police marksman.
 Un tirador de la policía sacrificó a su perro.
destroy [sb]⇒ vtr (devastate emotionally) (emocionalmente)destruir a vtr + prep
 We can't tell him what's happened. It would destroy him.
 No podemos decirle lo que pasó. Lo destruiría.
destroy⇒ vi (act to destroy)destruir⇒ vtr
  aniquilar⇒ vtr
 The soldiers' mission was to search and destroy.
 La misión de los soldados era buscar y destruir.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
destroy vtr (neutralize, nullify)anular⇒ vtr
 Our divorce was finalized, but that doesn't destroy my rights to receive some of my ex-husband's money.
 Nuestro divorcio ha terminado, pero eso no anulará mis derechos de recibir parte del dinero de mi ex marido.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
seek and destroy,
search and destroy v expr		 (military: find and kill)ubicar y eliminar, encontrar y eliminar loc verb
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Por el momento, el ejército busca ubicar y eliminar la insurgencia.
  localizar y aniquilar loc verb
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Por el momento, el ejército busca localizar y aniquilar la insurgencia.
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'destroy' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
annihilate - atomize - blow apart - blow to smithereens - bomb out - break - break apart - burn away - burn down - burn to the ground - consume - corrode - death instinct - decimate - deep-six - demolish - destruct - destructiveness - devastate - devour - do for - end - eradicate - erode - fire ship - get - gut - indestructible - level - make mincemeat of - nuke - obliterate - pulp - rape - raze - raze to the ground - revocation of will - ruin - self-destruct - self-destruction - shatter - shipwreck - shred - smash - smash in - smash up - sweep away - tear apart - tear down
Spanish:
despatarrar - desporrondingar - destrozar - destruir - echar por tierra - arruinar - devastar - escabechar - llevarse por delante - machacar - obliterar - hacer polvo - acabar - aniquilar - anular - arrasar - arrasar con todo - arrasar con todo a su paso - arrollar - asolar - cancerar - dañar - demoler - derrumbar - desbaratar - deshacer - desmitificar - dinamitar - estropear - golear - hacer leña - hundir - hundir en la miseria - matar - merendar - perder - quebrantar

Collocations: destroy the [environment, Earth, world], being destroyed by [us, contamination, industry, global warming], destroyed their [homes, houses, town], more...

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