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Destroy vs Expend - What's the difference?

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Destroy is a related term of expend.


As verbs the difference between destroy and expend

is that destroy is
to damage beyond use or repair
while expend is (label) to consume, exhaust (some resource).

destroy

English

Verb

  • To damage beyond use or repair.
    • The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
  • To cause destruction.
    • ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
  • To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
    • ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
  • To put down or euthanize.
    • Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
  • (colloquial) To defeat soundly.
  • (computing) To remove data.
    • The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.

    Synonyms

    * annihilate * break * demolish * kill * ruin * waste * See also

    Antonyms

    * build * construct * create * make * raise * repair

    Derived terms

    * destroyable * destroyer * destroyer escort * destroying angel

    Related terms

    * destruct * destructible * destruction * destructive

    expend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
  • * , King Henry VI Part 2 , act 3, scene 1:
    • If my death might make this island happy
    I would expend it with all willingness.
  • to spend, disburse