Destroy vs Destroyed - What's the difference?
destroy | destroyed |
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
(destroy)
(Ireland, informal) (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.
As verbs the difference between destroy and destroyed
is that destroy is To damage beyond use or repair.
destroyed is past tense of destroy. As an adjective destroyed is
(particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- 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.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.