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destruir.

to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

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  1. to ruin, devastate (proceed with the destruction of, cause the destruction of)

    transitive
  2. to undo

    transitive
  3. to break down

    transitive
  4. to annihilate, exterminate

    transitive
  5. to extinguish (make disappear)

    transitive
  6. to upset, disturb

    figuratively · transitive
  7. to crush (reduce to nothing)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destruir, destroir, from Latin dēstruere (“to destroy”) (probably an early borrowing), from dē + struō (“to put together”).

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