- 破坏，毁坏，毁灭，摧毁，拆毁(建筑物等)：
Fire destroyed several houses in the area.
大火烧毁了该地区的几栋房子。
The earthquake destroyed several stores in the business district.
那次地震摧毁了商业区的几家商店。
- 打破(计划、希望等)；消除；除掉；结束，终止：
They destroyed communication from within.
他们从内部中断了联系。
All hopes of a peaceful settlement were destroyed by the bomb.
这个爆炸事件使一切和平解决的希望都破灭了。
- 杀死，干掉，杀戮；彻底消灭，扑灭：
He had to destroy the injured animal.
他只好杀死那个受伤的动物。
The hunter destroyed the elephant.
猎手射杀了那头大象。
- 彻底打败，击溃，粉碎，使覆灭，使毁灭；压服，制服，压垮：
He felt destroyed by the thought that she no longer needed him.
他一想到她不再需要他了，他就感到精神崩溃了。
She was wholly destroyed when her boyfriend left her.
当她的男友离开她时，她完全丧失了信心和希望。
- 抵消…的效果(或影响)；使无效，使无用；减损：
The evidence completely destroyed her argument.
这个证据彻底驳倒了她的论点。