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destruct

/dɪˈstɹʌkt/

Rhymes with -ʌkt

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Originally a learned borrowing from Latin dēstrūct-, the perfect passive participial stem of dēstruō (“to destroy”). In modern use, probably in part a back-formation from destruction.

verb destructs · destructing · destructed

nonstandard, transitive To intentionally cause the destruction of. Now the world which periſhed by water was no other than the ſublunary world; the Heaven whereof is that which we call Ayre, but the Scripture Heaven, which ſublunary heaven, together with the earth, was marred by that generall deluge; and the creatures belonging to them both either wholly deſtructed
Similar: destroy
transitive To invoke the destructor of.
intransitive To self-destruct.

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verb to cause the destruction of

Deutsch	zerstören
Italiano	distruggere
Română	distruge
Русский	разруша́ть razrušátʹ

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@misc{destruct_2026,
  title = {destruct},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/destruct},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}