Dictionary English → German: destroy

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edit	VERB	to destroy \| destroyed \| destroyed ... destroying \| destroys
	SYNO	to demolish \| to destroy \| to destroy ...
	to demolish \| to destroy to destroy \| to ruin to destroy \| to destruct to destroy \| to put down © Princeton University

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to destroy

3177

to destroy sth.

953

etw. abbauen [zerstören]

to destroy sb./sth.

580

jdn./etw. vernichten

to destroy

118

to destroy

39

to destroy [an animal]

31

fin. to destroy

27

entwerten [unbrauchbar machen]

to destroy sb./sth.

26

jdn./etw. kaputtmachen [ugs.]

to destroy

20

to destroy

7

destruieren [geh.]

to destroy sth. [an animal] [slaughter out of necessity]

7

etw.^Akk. notschlachten

to destroy sth. [willfully]

etw.^Akk. zerdreschen [ugs.]

2 Words

law to destroy evidence

Beweise vernichten

econ. jobs to destroy jobs

Arbeitsplätze vernichten

mil. to destroy sb. utterly

jdn. vernichtend schlagen

to destroy sb.'s morale

jdn. entmutigen

to destroy sb.'s reputation

jds. guten Ruf zerstören

to destroy utterly

3 Words

mil. search-and-destroy {adj}

to destroy by oxidation

durch Oxidation zerstören

mil. to destroy sth. by bombing

etw.^Akk. zerbomben

impulse to destroy

Zerstörungstrieb {m}

4 Words

with intent to destroy {adv}

in der Absicht zu zerstören

hist. to destroy a city completely [rare] [archaic] [by warlike means]

magdeburgisieren [veraltet]

to destroy sth. root and branch [idiom]

etw. mit Stumpf und Stiel ausrotten [Redewendung]

mil. search-and-destroy mission

Vernichtungsmission {f}

5+ Words

quote It is an army bred for a single purpose, to destroy the world of men. [The Lord of the Rings]

Eine Armee, gezüchtet zu einem einzigen Zweck: Die Welt der Menschen zu vernichten.

quote What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker. [Friedrich Nietzsche]

mil. to destroy sth. by a direct hit

etw. durch (einen) Volltreffer zerstören

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