0 to damage something so badly that it cannot be used:
Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war.
The accident seemed to have completely/totally destroyed his confidence.
1 to damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists:
You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements.
Losing his job seemed to completely destroy his confidence.
Many important historical documents were destroyed in the fire.
In 1906 an earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.
Deforestation is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest.
According to purist views, the exhibition of objects in museums not only irrevocably destroys original contexts, but creates a new context for an object.
There is a certain complicity between archaeology and modernization: after the archaeologists have done their work, the landscape can be legitimately destroyed.
Urnfields were systematically destroyed in the reclaimed zones of the landscape.
中文繁体
毀壞，摧毀，毀滅, 宰殺，滅殺，殺死（被病痛折磨或危險的動物）…
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毁坏，摧毁，毁灭, 宰杀，灭杀，杀死（被病痛折磨或危险的动物）…
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