English-French translations for destroy

• détruire
  Ce serait détruire le cur de la notion de conseil juridique. It would destroy the integrity of advice.
  Le terrorisme entend détruire la liberté: son but est de détruire la liberté. Terrorism deliberately sets out to destroy freedom: its purpose is to destroy freedom.
  Dans la foulée, elle va détruire la vie des gens. In the process, it will destroy people's lives.
• abaisser
• anéantir
  L'autre forme de torture poursuit clairement le but d'anéantir et de briser des êtres humains. The other form of torture quite clearly seeks to destroy and break people.
  Comme l’a dit le commissaire Patten, il faut faire échec à la culture de la mort et l’anéantir. As Commissioner Patten said, the culture of death must be defeated and destroyed.
  L'opposition iranienne craint que les Mullahs ne profitent de l'occasion pour les anéantir. The Iranian opposition fears that the mullahs will take the opportunity to destroy them.
• défracter
• démolir
  Nous avons tous vu les images de bateaux détruits par le tsunami, et notre propre industrie de la pêche est sur le point de démolir des bateaux de sa propre flotte conformément aux plafonds de pêche. We have all seen pictures of boats wrecked by the tsunami, and our own fishing industry is about to destroy boats from its own fleet in line with fishery limits.
• destroy
• euthanasier
• fracasser
• saboter
• torpiller

Definition of destroy

• To damage beyond use or repair
• To neutralize, undo a property or condition
• To put down or euthanize
• To severely disrupt the well-being of ; ruin
• To defeat soundly
• To sing a song poorly
• To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up
• To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way

Examples

• The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes
• Hooligans destroy unprovoked
• Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
• Destroying a rabid dog is required by law
• Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year
• The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists
• This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders
• She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet

Related words

• destroyer
• destroyed
• destroyable
• undestroyable
• undestroyed
• destroy oneself
• destroying angel
• to destroy
• European) destroying angel