destroy 
破坏 ☊ → 消灭 ☊ → 打破 ☊ → 
destroy 
ทำลาย ☊ thamM laaiM 
détruire ☊ 
phá hủy like: destroy → →
to destroy completely, exterminate ☊ 
hủy diệt ☊ destroy the evidence, destroy the traces of crime ☊ phi tang ☊ to destroy oneself; self-destruction ☊ tự tiêu diệt ☊ 2462
It was a terrible re. The whole building got destroyed. ☊ Đấy là một đám cháy kinh khủng. Cả toà nhà bị phá huỷ. ☊ 2478
The building destroyed in the re has now been rebuilt. ☊ Toà nhà bị lửa tàn phá nay đã được xây lại. ☊ The house was burnt to the ground (= completely destroyed). ☊ burn ☊
The explosion completely destroyed the building. ☊ completely ☊
The building was completely destroyed by fire. ☊ destroy ☊
They've destroyed all the evidence. ☊ destroy ☊
Heat gradually destroys vitamin C. ☊ destroy ☊
You have destroyed my hopes of happiness. ☊ destroy ☊
Failure was slowly destroying him (= making him less and less confident and happy). ☊ destroy ☊
The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it). ☊ destruction ☊
This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed. ☊ die out ☊
The entire village was destroyed. ☊ entire ☊
An area of forest equal to the size of Wales has been destroyed. ☊ equal ☊
The essential character of the town has been destroyed by the new road. ☊ essential ☊
Everything went up in flames (= was destroyed by fire). ☊ flame ☊
Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year. ☊ forest ☊
+ adv./prep.: The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river. ☊ get ☊
Houses and a luxury tourist hotel were burned to the ground (= completely destroyed, so that there is nothing left). ☊ ground ☊
If an animal is badly injured, often the kindest thing to do is to destroy it painlessly. ☊ kind ☊
Two buildings were destroyed and many others damaged in the blast. ☊ other ☊
Part of the building was destroyed in the fire. ☊ part ☊
Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry. ☊ resistance ☊
Several of the paintings were destroyed in the fire. ☊ several ☊
Each side is capable of destroying the other in a nuclear war. ☊ side ☊
détruire ☊ l’environnement a été entièrement détruit ☊